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The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
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A Soo Line train in Barrett, Minnesota, fell through a collapsing trestle bridge on August 27, killing four people and injuring over a dozen others. Victims: Gus Burquist of Hoffman, Minn.; James L. Lanoria of Cyrus, Minn.; Edward Smith of Dunbar, Wis.; Michael Crockitt of Ironwood, Mich. The bridge was inspected safe the previous day.
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Minneapolis, Aug. 27.—A Tribune special from Barrett, Minn., on the Soo road, gives the details of a railroad accident by which four persons were killed and a score or more injured. A trestle bridge which the train was crossing collapsed, carrying down two coaches, the engine and one car escaping. The killed are: Gus Burquist of Hoffman, Minn.; James L. Lanoria of Cyrus, Minn.; Edward Smith of Dunbar, Wis.; Michael Crockitt of Ironwood, Mich. The cause of the accident is not known, as the bridge was inspected yesterday and pronounced safe.
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Barrett, Minn.
Event Date
Aug. 27
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four persons killed; a score or more injured; two coaches carried down by collapsed trestle bridge; engine and one car escaped.
Event Details
A train on the Soo Line was crossing a trestle bridge that collapsed, killing four and injuring many. The bridge had been inspected and pronounced safe the day before; cause unknown.