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Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa

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Men, women and children are looking at an aftermath of a train wreck. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Title Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa
Alternative TitleSilver Creek
Index Date 1908
Publisher AZO
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Note Sepia
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Officejet 6600 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
creation/production credits 1908?
citation/reference Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, April 24, 1908, p. 2 (https://www.newspapers.com/)
Language English
Topic Railroads, Chicago and North Western
Topic Transportation
Topic Railroad bridges
Topic Train wrecks
Topic Railroad accidents
Topic Streams
Topic Clinton County (Iowa)
Topic De Witt (Iowa)
Cartographic 41.816163, -90.566859
Classification MS 108, Box 3, ihpc_de_wit0003
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Identifier (local) ihpc_de_wit0003
Identifier (local) grinnell:16185
Access Condition Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16185
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