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Domestic News
December 30, 1917
The Evening Missourian
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
What is this article about?
A head-on train collision on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Mt. Vernon, Indiana, killed seven crew members and injured twenty others due to a failed block signal. Engines derailed down an embankment; no soldiers injured.
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INDIANA WRECK KILLS SEVEN
Twenty Injured in Head-On Collision When Block Signal Failed.
By Associated Press
MT. VERNON, Ind., Dec. 29.--Seven persons are known to have been killed and twenty injured as a result of a head-on collision between two trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road one mile east of here late today.
All of the dead were members of the crew. One of the trains carried many soldiers, but as far as is known none was injured.
Both engines were thrown from the track and fell down a steep embankment.
The failure of the block signal to work was the cause of the wreck.
Twenty Injured in Head-On Collision When Block Signal Failed.
By Associated Press
MT. VERNON, Ind., Dec. 29.--Seven persons are known to have been killed and twenty injured as a result of a head-on collision between two trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road one mile east of here late today.
All of the dead were members of the crew. One of the trains carried many soldiers, but as far as is known none was injured.
Both engines were thrown from the track and fell down a steep embankment.
The failure of the block signal to work was the cause of the wreck.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Transportation
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Train Wreck
Head On Collision
Block Signal Failure
Baltimore And Ohio
Mt Vernon Indiana
Where did it happen?
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Event Date
Dec. 29
Outcome
seven killed (all crew members), twenty injured; no soldiers injured; both engines derailed down embankment.
Event Details
Head-on collision between two trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road one mile east of Mt. Vernon late today, caused by failure of the block signal.