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Title	Railroad Accident
Subject	Railroad accidents; Pennsylvania Railroad; Indianapolis; Railroads; Railroad locomotives
Description	Accidents were not rare on the railroads but, considering the number of trains on the track, overall they were considered quite safe. When an accident such as this one occurred, it was quite a sensation. On April 17, 1913, the Madison-Courier reported, "John Yunker, an engineman of Jeffersonville, was instantly killed when a passenger train on the Louisville division, Pennsylvania system, sideswiped a freight waiting on a switch in the suburb. Both engines were ditched." The wreck took place at Indianapolis and it was attributed to the inexperience of the fireman on the freight train.
Creator	Unknown
Contributors	Jefferson County Historical Society; Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Date	Photograph taken April 17, 1913
Type	Photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.
Identifier	"JCHSV000626"; "MJCPLrail0011"
Source	Madison Courier--April 17 and 18, 1913
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Please contact at 615 W. First St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2335; Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744.