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Westville Indicator in Westville, Indiana

27 Jun 1918

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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1918

Page

4

Great Train Wreck Kills Circus Stars Near Hammond

A Chicago bound troop train plowed into Hagenbeck Wallace show cars at Ivanhoe near Hammond Indiana. The disaster left 58 dead 23 missing and 80 injured among top circus performers including the Diericks Connor Cottlells DeVoe and Jewell with many families among victims and survivors. Rescue and hospital efforts followed as authorities investigated cause and police listed the missing dead and injured.

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Lake County Ivanhoe Michigan Central Hammond Hagenbeck-Wallace Gary Gollmar Fred Ladgett Jim Connor Hustler Zeb Canterledger Hagenbeck Ed DeVore H. Lapearl Joe Coyle Art Adams Ed Ballard French Lick Springs Michigan City William J. White Alonzo Sargent Othesr Beloit Wis Monroe Gary and Hammad Morgues M. P. Newman Showmen’s League Hammond and Verna Connor Dierecks Eddie’ Devoe Millie Jewell Medhu Sisters Equestriennes Louise Cottrell New York Hippodrome Bessie Cattanach Bill” Curtis Curtis Béloit Hammond Hospital Gary Morgues New York Mona McDhu Victoria McDhu
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How Troop Train Engineer Explains It

Walter Williams Charles Brown William Thurman James Crawford Carl Hutchinson recount the Michigan City crash with a deadhead equipment train delays and the smoke obscuring signals. Fireman Gus Klauss describes fear during the collision as the engine struck the circus cars and the wreckage lit up. A Valparaiso corporal from Camp Dix earns fame with the song Who'll Keep the Glow in Old Glory now bound for France.

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Walter Williams Charles Brown William Thurman James Crawford Carl Hutchinson Michigan City A. J. Sargent Jackson Mich South Shore Ivanhoe Michigan Central Mr. Sargent Gus Klauss Lake County Klauss Krauss Sargent France United States Army Dix Texas United States Pershing War Department Supt F. H. Cole Porter County No Man’s Land
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Government authorizes wheat and flour price increases

President Wilson issues a proclamation empowering the food administration to raise wheat prices to maintain a $2.20 baseline, with Minneapolis and Kansas City markets leading and New York prices rising accordingly. The food administration plans to expand capital to 150 million dollars to buy wheat as needed, offset by higher freight costs.

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Washington, D. C Minneapolis Kansas City New York Wilson Food Administration Grain Corporation Food Administration Congress Senate House United States Food
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