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Central Illinois Traction Co
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August 30, 1907 wreck with passengers travelling to and from the county fair. The wreck killed 12 and injured 60. (different accounts give 18 dead, 50 injured) It was the worst wreck of its kind on an interuban line at that time.
Photo courtesy the Chris Rankin collection

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