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| Title | Overturned passenger car, Great Northern derailment, Fero, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1948-08-17 |
| Creator | Herron, Gifford, 1912-1969
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Railroad passenger car lying on its side over a ditch. There are three laborers working on clearing the wreckage. |
| Ordering Information | http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/collections/photography/Reproductions.htm |
| General Subject | Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroad accidents
Railroad cars
Railroad passenger cars
Laborers
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| Organization Name | Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
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| Location | Fero (N.D.)
Rugby (N.D.)
Pierce County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 2035.989 |
| Negative Number | 2035.989 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 13 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Most of the injured were in this coach, which was the first passenger car behind a baggage, mail and dormitory car which did overturn. Workman beneath coach indicates where injured were removed." - Caption with image, Fargo Forum & Daily Tribune, Aug. 18, 1948, p. 1. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Contributor | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Biography/History | One wheel leaving the track at a switch at Fero, N.D., five miles east of Rugby, was to blame for the derailment of the G.N. Orental Limited on the evening of Monday, August 16, 1948. Forty passengers were injured in the accident. |
| Bibliographic Reference | "Wheel leaving switch blamed for GN wreck", by Lloyd W. Sveen, Fargo Forum & Daily Tribune, Aug. 18, 1948, p. 1. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Forum Negative Collection 2035
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/971 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2035.989) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000164 |
