Train Collision
1945
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/
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PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE - NEWSPAPER
JULY 2, 1945
23 PERSONS ARE INJURED SUNDAY IN TRAIN COLLISION
LITTLE ROCK , JULY 2
THE COLLISION OF TWO MISSOURI PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAINS NEAR PLUMERVILLE YESTERDAY INJURED 23 PERSONS , AT LEAST TWO OF THEM SERIOUSLY.
CAUSE OF THE CRASH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. THE TRAINS ONE WEST BOUND FROM LITTLE ROCK TO COFFEYVILLE, KAN. AND THE OTHER EAST BOUND TO LITTLE ROCK WERE OPERATING OVER THE ROAD'S MAIN LINE.
ENGINEER FRED VOGELMAN AND FIREMAN J.C. SWAIN , BOTH OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK , CREW MEMBERS OF THE WEST BOUND TRAIN , WERE REPORTED IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. NEARLY ALL OF THOSE INJURED WERE FROM THE MID-WEST.
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