61st AUCTION - day 4

Desaster Mail: 1923, 27 September, Railway accident, USA, legal size cover from

Desaster Mail

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1923, 27 September, Railway accident, USA, legal size cover from Casper, Wyo., 27.9.23 to Des Moins, Iowa, with straight line "Salvaged From / Coal Creek Wreck / Near Casper, Wyo", plus related real-photo ppc. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger train no. 30 left Casper, Wyo., on time at 8.35 p.m., when it reached 15 miles east the bridge near Lockett spanning over the Coal Creek. The bridge had been undermined by high waters due to heavy enduring rainfall, and just collapsed under the train; several cars fell into the river. Forty persons were killed.

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Condition: Cover/Picture Post Card