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Alliance’s Deadliest Train Accident

Alliance’s Deadliest Train Accident

by Alliance Historical Society | Dec 3, 2022 | Events, Historic facts

Background | What Happened | After the Crash | The Victims | Who Was to Blame Alliance’s deadliest train accident occurred on December 8, 1856, at the crossing. Eight people were killed and many others were severely injured, when two railroad trains collided....

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