Circus Train Wreck at McCann’s Crossing

| September 16, 2009

 SEVEN KILLED AND NINETEEN INJURED The Cars Went Down a Steep Grade and Over an Embankment. LIONS AND TIGERS GOT LOOSE. Fifty Horses Were Killed Outright, and Others Were so Injured that They Will Have to be Killed — The Elephants and Camels Safe — Many Animals Es- caped to the Woods — A Tiger […]

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Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck

| September 16, 2009

  In 1989 while I was managing Lakemont Amusement Park in Altoona, Pa. , the locial newspaper did a story on me and I mentioned that I born in the circus. Later I was asked by some park attendees if I knew about the train wreck that had happened several years ag0 near Tyrone, PA.  My answer to them was “no” and […]

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Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck

| September 16, 2009

   There are other circus blogs that have this circus history on them. …. Bravo….. we must continue saving all of our circus heritage. photo source http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/9716/altoona-pa-near-circus-train-wrecks-may-1893

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