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Title
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Merchants National Bank, Poweshiek County National Bank, Brenton Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Second engine and pullman, train wreck, March 21, 1910, Green Mountain, Iowa
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Description
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Several men clearing the wreckage where forty-seven people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910. "Instead of the engines running along on the ties after they left the track, they burried themselves deep in the high banks of the cut, causing the heavy sleepers to crush through and telescope the day coaches, killing or injuring every soul they contained." 1910 postmark. Number 10.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14480