Cheney Train Crash 1916

ID: 4847 ~ Source: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/21/100-years-ago-near-cheney-gruesome-train-crash-kil/ ~ Creator: Jim Kershner

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Screen shot from the Spokesman-Review, showing the original story in the paper. This photo shows rescuers trying to free the bodies.

This file appears in: Deadly Fog: The South Cheney Train Crash of 1916: Cheney Train Crash of 1916

Deadly Fog: The South Cheney Train Crash of 1916: Cheney Train Crash of 1916

By Rachael Hosko

One hundred years ago on a cold foggy February morning, Cheney’s worst railroad accident occurred at this spot. The Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited passenger train plowed into a Burlington…