The Hammond Train Wreck of 1918 Killed Scores of Circus Performers One hundred years ago, a horrific railway disaster decimated the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus—but the show still went on ...

Author Richard M. Lytle is still surprised by how many Northwest Indiana residents have never heard of "the great circus train wreck of 1918" in Hammond. Lytle, who lives in Hammond, decided true ...

A few weeks ago, radio host Chris Nolte from Lakeshore Public Media asked me to be a guest on the lunchtime broadcast of his show “Regionally Speaking” to talk about a circus topic. Nol… ...

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train wreck killed 86 and injured 127 on June 22, 1918, near Hammond, Ind. The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus had just finished two shows in Michigan City, Ind., and was ...

At about 4 a.m., the circus train had come to a stop on the tracks in Hammond, Ind. Most of the train had switched to a different track, but four sleeper cars sat on the mainline.

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VAIL — Benches, a pavilion and a new granite marker commemorating the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck of 1893 were dedicated during a brief ceremony Wednesday morning in the small village of ...

“The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore” (2013 History Press $19.99), is his 109-page archive-photo filled paperback to chronicle the freak accident of the ...

The Hammond Circus Train Wreck. In 1918, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was scheduled to arrive in Hammond, Michigan to help ease the weary war mindset. Meanwhile, ...

VAIL — Local historian Susan O’Brien recited a mountain of facts Wednesday during a service commemorating the 1893 Walter L. Main Circus Train wreck just outside Tyrone. O’Brien, who has ...

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the horrific Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train wreck, one of the deadliest in U.S. history. On June 22, 1918, outside of Hammond, Ind., a Michigan ...