1886 Delavan Freight Train Wreck
Freight train wreck occurred near Delavan, Illinois in 1886
resulting in the death of at least four individuals.
The C.A. & St. L. on the stock cars stands for the Chicago, Alton, & St. Louis railroad.
Notes on the back indicate E. D. Shaw took the photo in May of 1886.
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Contributed and original owned by
Russell & Charlotte Sawyer
Oxford, Kansas
(now deceased)
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