Chicago, Illinois, USA
1893 - ACCIDENT AT THE FAIR. A RAILWAY SLED AT MIDWAY PLAISANCE JUMPS THE TRACK KILLING ONE MAN AND INJURING FIVE OTHER PEOPLE.

Special to the Record-Union.
Chicago, June 14. - One man was killed and five other people badly injured by an accident that occurred on the ice railway at Midway Plaisance this evening.
The dead are:
W. D. RICHMOND, Dulnap, Ill.
Injured:
H. JACOBS.
J. JACOBS.
D. F. SLATER.
MAY OAYERS.
CARL FRESCHE, all of Chicago.
The sleds on the railway were going at a high rate of speed around a curve, when one jumped the track and fell to the ground fifteen feet below. The fall injured people upon it, and RICHMOND lived only a short time after the accident. None of the injured are considered fatally hurt.

Record Union
Sacramento, California
June 15, 1893

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