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Month: June 2015

Historical Research into a Railroad Disaster: Greenwood, Delaware

Posted on June 28, 2015December 8, 2022 by Mike

Recently I have been researching a deadly Delaware tragedy that spurred a vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad to push for national safety transportation regulations.  Following several accidents involving powerful explosives, including a catastrophic one in Greenwood, DE, the Bureau of Explosives was created under the American Railway Association. The Sussex County disaster occurred over…

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