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Wreck at Chatsworth Kills Hundreds on Excursion Train
Reports from Chatsworth Illinois detail a Toledo Peoria and Western excursion to Niagara Falls that failed crossing a burned bridge over the Vermillion River. A double headed train plunged. early tallies show seventy six dead with many injured as coroner and public officials inspect the scene.
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Peoria
Ill
Toledo
Warsaw
Niagara Falls
Chatsworth
Vermission River
Toledo, Peoria & Western
George W. Scott
Clintock
Livingston County
Gilmore
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
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