Woodlawn Cemetery Circus Train Tragedy. on June 22, 1918, in the Hammond Circus Train Wreck when the

on June 22, 1918, in the Hammond Circus Train Wreck when the engineer of an empty troop train fell asleep, and collided into the rear of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train near Hammond, Indiana. A short video of the Showmans Rest area in Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL and the memorial they used to hold every year in honor of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Accident in 1918 near Hammond, IN. An empty troop train collided with the a circus train when a locomotive driver fell asleep. Nov 24, 2024 · Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers. An empty troop train was approaching at full speed from behind, piloted by engineer Alonzo Sargent, who had previously been fired for sleeping on the job. Cermak Rd. Known as Showmen’s Rest, this section of Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place for dozens of circus performers who died in one of the worst train crashes in U. But the first interment on the site were the victims of one of the worst train wrecks in US history. It contains dozens of circus folk who perished in a train accident. Oct 31, 2022 · Showmen’s Rest is a section of Woodlawn Cemetery dedicated to circus performers.

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