Overturned and damaged train cars from a train accident with men and children standing in front of the wreckage, 1900s. (45/251)

An accident involving the Doremus Congregational Church excursion train took place in Glenwood, Illinois, on July 13 at 6:55 PM, and 16 people died, more than 80 were injured. The excursion train collided with a coal train known as ‘Extra No 144’ on tracks of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.