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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution 1930 photo emulsion photoemulsion black and white image blackandwhiteimage train railway accident railwayaccident national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum southern railway southernrailway train car traincar train wreck trainwreck trains wrecks train wrecks trainwrecks crashes tragedy derailed accident wreck traon old deaths train tragedy traintragedy terrible train crash terribletraincrash train crash traincrash outdoor black and white Date: August 15, 1930 Object number: A.2009-47 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Wreckage of a Southern railway train that crashed after striking a cow late at night near Chappels, South Carolina. The locomotive, two mail coaches and a Pullman passenger car were among the most heavily damaged cars. No passengers were injured, but the train's engineer and firemen were killed and the Railway Post Office clerks George Mulligan and D.A. Shealy of Columbia, South Carolina, were injured when tossed about in the mail car. Railroad companies usually placed the Railway Mail Service cars between the tender and rest of the train in order to protect passengers during train wrecks. As a result the railway mail cars, and the clerks aboard them, were at greater risk in accidents. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America      South Carolina See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207611 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: August 15, 1930 Object number: A.2009-47 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Wreckage of a Southern railway train that crashed after striking a cow late at night near Chappels, South Carolina. The locomotive, two mail coaches and a Pullman passenger car were among the most heavily damaged cars. No passengers were injured, but the train's engineer and firemen were killed and the Railway Post Office clerks George Mulligan and D.A. Shealy of Columbia, South Carolina, were injured when tossed about in the mail car. Railroad companies usually placed the Railway Mail Service cars between the tender and rest of the train in order to protect passengers during train wrecks. As a result the railway mail cars, and the clerks aboard them, were at greater risk in accidents. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America South Carolina See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207611 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
