The Dudley Street el crash

By adamg - 3/31/09 - 7:44 pm

Third Decade posts some photos from the 1910 accident, in which a train plunged to the ground without killing anybody.

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One fatality

By anon (not verified) - 3/31/09 - 8:10 pm
#1

There were no passengers on the train except for the train operator, but he did perish in the wreck.

For comparison....

By Michael Kerpan - 3/31/09 - 8:34 pm
#2

This 1977 incident was the most horrifying crash that happened while we lived in Chicago:

http://www.chicago-l.org/mishaps/loop.html

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