Category:Hammond Circus Train Wreck 1918
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English: The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst circus train wrecks in US history. Eighty-six people died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his train into the rear of another near Ivanhoe, east of Hammond in Lake County, Indiana.
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Media in category "Hammond Circus Train Wreck 1918"
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Crowd at Hammond Circus Train Wreck.jpg 300 × 197; 8 KB
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Train wreck at Hammond Circus Train Wreck, at Hammond, Indiana June 22, 1918.png 1,181 × 624; 744 KB
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- Rail transport accidents in 1918
- Disasters and accidents in Indiana
- Transport in Lake County, Indiana
- Rail transport in Indiana
- Rail transport accidents in the United States
- Circus Train Wrecks
- Transport accidents in 1918
- June 1918 events
- 1918 events in Indiana
- June 1918 in the United States