NH Business Review

Lots of train, not much circus

NASHUA – The Greatest Show on Earth was nothing more than an amusing distraction when it passed through the city Wednesday. A Ringling Bros. Circus freight train carrying animals and all sorts of gear ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Wreaths honor victims of 1918 circus train wreck in Gary that claimed 86 lives

GARY — History buffs listened to speeches amid the train horns Friday morning as they commemorated the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train wreck that claimed 86 lives. “This is where history, the love of ...
The New York Times

23 KILLED IN A WRECK; Two Sections of a Circus Train Crash at Durand, Mich. Many Persons Injured and One Elephant and Two Camels Dead -- Engineer Says Air Brakes Would Not Work.

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Chicago Tribune

Documentary tells tale of 1918 circus train tragedy on Indiana lakeshore

In the early morning hours of June 22, 1918, the second of two Hagenback-Wallace Circus trains was headed to Hammond from Michigan City when was rear-ended, as it was stopped to check a hot box on a ...