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| Big Train Wreck Jan 1 1964 along 3rd Street at Central |
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2052 January 1, 1964, early in the morning...just as St. Mary's Church was letting out...a train comes roaring through Dunkirk...only this time it didn't make it all the way through town! |
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Big Train Wreck along 3rd Street |
| Looking West up 3rd Street...Monroe Pharmacy building mortally damaged
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Clean up of train wreck proceeds
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Old Observer Photo's from an earlier train wreck
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Boxcar from Freight Train explodes through back portion of Rexall Drugs! Rexall Drugs was home to the Peppermint Twist Soda Fountain...damage to the building was limited to just the back wall...but structurally it was beyond repair...and was soon torn down...and that empty lot at 3rd and Central is still there! |
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Cars parked along East 3rd Street were destroyed
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Boxcars sit all over 3rd and Central Avenue blocking access for days! |