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WRECK NEAR WATERLOO KILLS MANY IN TRAIN WRECK
A passenger train derailed near Waterloo on May 20 after hitting a washout. Five miles from Waterloo the engine and cars plunged into a ditch, causing multiple deaths and dozens injured. Names from Waterloo and nearby towns appear among the injured, with one local man dying in Alton on arrival. A second, unrelated grade crossing crash near Singac, New Jersey, killed a woman and injured a child, underscoring ongoing transit dangers.
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Schwotte
Alton
Minneapolia
Hia Raweetheart
Tasi
Debria
Qedar Rapids
J. Day
Waterloo
New York
Singnao
Paterson
N. J
Juliette Rafferty
Moses Fitzgerald