Hammond circus train wreck

时间

1918年6月22日

类型

铁路事故

坐标

41.60° N, 87.42° W

Description

1918 train wreck in Indiana, USA

Deaths

86

Injured

127

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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