The largest and most widely-publicized wreck was put on by a man ... lost an eye to shrapnel. Train totalings nevertheless continued until the Great Depression of the 1930s, when the practice ...

according to O’Brien and “The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1893” by Fred E. Long, which was included in a booklet distributed by O’Brien at the event. The branch line descended 1,040 feet ...

Of course, traveling by train came with its own risks. Railroad accidents of the era were common, and deadly. In 1892, when the circus was simply the Great Wallace Show, a railroad wreck resulted ...

five out of six cars on a Great Northern passenger train completely destroyed by fire, but every passenger safe, is the summing up of a wreck on the Northern Pacific Railroad about a mile from Lind.

A better reason for the train wrecks which are now of almost daily ... in evading responsibility in the event of disaster. A great deal is left to the “discretion" of the conductor or engineer ...

“The force was so great that both engines were totally ... blown when he saw the approaching pay train.” There was speculation this wreck was caused by the train master of the pay train ...