What the records say
- When
- 22 Jun 1918
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 41.60° N, 87.42° W
- Description
- 1918 train wreck in Indiana, USA
- Deaths
- 86
- Injured
- 127
Hammond Circus train wreck
1918 deadly train collision in Gary, Indiana, United States
The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana. The circus train held 400 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus.
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