View of the wrecked train. 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 Title
Silver Creek
photographer
Mousel (De Witt, Iowa)
Index Date
1908
Date Issued
1908
Date Captured
9/17/2019
Publisher
AZO
Type of Resource
Still Image
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Extent
1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Media Type
image/tiff
Provenance
Purchase or donation
reproduction
Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL at 600 ppi
citation
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, April 24, 1908, p. 2 (https://www.newspapers.com/)
Topic
Clinton County (Iowa)
Topic
De Witt (Iowa)
Topic
Railroad accidents
Topic
Train wrecks
Topic
Transportation
Topic
Railroads, Chicago & North Western
Topic
Streams
Cartographic
41.816163, -90.566859
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Iowa Historical Postcard Collection
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Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
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Digital Grinnell (On ALL Objects)
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Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16950
Identifier (local)
ihpc_de_wit0005
Access Condition
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