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Omaha Steve

(103,330 posts) Mon Jul 27, 2015, 07:06 PM Jul 2015

7-25-15 Safety on the Rails in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/july-25-safety-on-the-rails/

July 25, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1832. That was the day of the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history. It took place near Quincy, Massachusetts. Four people were thrown off a vacant car on the Granite Railway.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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