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… ...

On June 22, 1918, an empty train slammed into a group of train cars belonging to the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in northwest Indiana. Today, it’s considered one of the worst train crashes in U.S ...

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.

“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 ...

A couple years ago, radio host Chris Nolte from our Northwest Indiana Lakeshore Public Media NPR, asked me to be a guest on his lunchtime broadcast of his show “Regionally Speaking” on … ...

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, ...

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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 ...