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lot # 4430 - katastrophenpost

Wednesday Oct 16, 2024 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Desaster Mail: 1909, 24 July, USA, Railway accident, cover from Kansas City 24.7

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1909, 24 July, USA, Railway accident, cover from Kansas City 24.7. to St.Louis with straight line "Damaged.Wab.Wreck" and washed off adhesive. The Wabash passenger train no. 4 bound for St.Louis crashed into the Missouri river on 24 July 1909 when the railway embankment collapsed having been undermined by flood waters.


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