Photo of the wreck of a Rock Island passenger train at Flood Creek near Packard, Iowa, on 2 Jun 1916. Sixteen people died when the weight of the train collapsed the trestle over Flood Creek after it had been weakened by heavy rains.
Note on back of post card read 1914. The card was post marked Sept. 20, 1916, From Greene, Iowa. Lola Thompson may have been a passenger. Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 91K0005
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Photo of the wreck of a Rock Island passenger train at Flood Creek near Packard, Iowa, on 2 Jun 1916. Sixteen people died when the weight of the train collapsed the trestle over Flood Creek after it had been weakened by heavy rains. Note on back of post card read 1914. The card was post marked Sept. 20, 1916, From Greene, Iowa. Lola Thompson may have been a passenger. Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 91K0005