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These two black and white photographs show the wreckage from a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Selkirk, Kansas. The incident happened four miles west of Leoti, Kansas, when the east bound passenger train #202 derailed due to washouted tracks. One death resulted from the accident.
Date: July 23, 1896
Item Number: 223922
Call Number: FK2.W4 .74 MOP *4-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223922
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Wrecks
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s - 1896
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Leoti
Places - Cities and towns - Selkirk
Places - Counties - Wichita
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Transportation - Railroads - Wrecks
Type of Material - Photographs
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