Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Terra Cotta Wreck" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
train wreck, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Terra Cotta wreck, Interstate Commerce Commission, District of Columbia Disasters
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1906 and 1907.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"43 Dead, 80 Injured in Terra Cotta Wreck"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 31, 1906, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Washingtonians Victims of Horror"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), December 31, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Priests on Scene Give Last Rites to Wreck Victims; Map"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 31, 1906, Last Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1-5.
"Thirty-Eight Die in Wreck"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), December 31, 1906, Image 1, col. 3-6.
"33 Killed in Train Wreck"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 31, 1906, Image 1, col. 5-7.
"53 Dead in Train Horror and 50 Others Injured"
The Evening World (New York, NY), December 31, 1906, Night Edition, Image 1, col. 5-8.
"City is Stunned by the Tragedy; Double and Triple Funeral Arranged; Fixing Blame"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), January 1, 1907, Image 1, col. 3-7.
"Interstate Commerce Commission Plans Investigation of Two Southern Wrecks and the Terra Cotta Disaster"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 1, 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 4-7.
"Life-Long Girl Chums in the Wreck Together Now United in Death; Woman and Babe in Same Casket"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 1, 1907, Last Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-6.
"Terra Cotta Wreck Inquest is Started"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 2, 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 3-5.
"May Shift Blame on the Railroad; Coroner Investigates Terra Cotta Wreck"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), January 3, 1907, Image 1, col. 1.
"No Quarter in Wreck Inquiry for B.&O. Men; Wreck Inquiry by Congress, Asks Morrell; May Broaden Commission's Investigation"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 3, 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 5-7.
"Swears Train Rushed Past a Red Signal; System or Men Cause?"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 4, 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 3-7.
"Trainmen Held for Big Wreck"
Vernon County Censor (Viroqua, WI), January 16, 1907, Image 3, col. 2.
"Terra Cotta Wreck: Trial of Manslaughter Begins Tomorrow"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), December 10, 1907, Page 20, Image 20, col. 2.
"Engineer Hildebrand and Others Acquitted"
Daily Press (Newport News, VA), December 24, 1907, Image 1, col. 6.

Terra Cotta Wreck: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America