Crowds viewing wreckage after 1894 Rock Island wreck.

ID: 523 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2430-PH000000-000044_SFN36990 ~ Date: 1894
This file appears in: Rock Island Wreck Site, 1894
Crowds viewing wreckage after 1894 Rock Island wreck.
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Crowds viewing wreckage after 1894 Rock Island wreck.

This file appears in: Rock Island Wreck Site, 1894

By The Explore Nebraska History team
A northbound Rock Island train was derailed from this trestle on August 9, 1894, resulting in a crash, massive fire, and the deaths of eleven passengers and crew, despite the heroic action of Harry Foote, brakeman, who rescued many. G. W. Davis,…