Crowd around an automobile and train car accident on the railroad tracks

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Notes:

Crowd surrounding an automobile that crashed into a west bound freight train at the Michigan Central Railroad tracks on North Rose Street. Three boys sit in the open train car. Policeman stands with a man between the train car and the damaged automobile. Accident resulted in the death of Rose Mary Martin and Gladys Wilkins.

Date Created:

1939-06-24T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Collection:

11 total photos in event 116

Place:

Kalamazoo; Michigan

Subject Topic:

Kalamazoo Gazette, Traffic accidents--1930-1940, Railroad accidents--1930-1940, Crowds--Michigan--Kalamazoo--Pictorial works, Automobiles--Collision damage--Michigan--Kalamazoo, Police--Michigan--Kalamazoo, and Michigan Central Railroad Company

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