Con T Kennedy show train wreck - Columbus, GA - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

This memorial to the members of the Con. T Kennedy show that were killed in a train wreck is located in the Historic Riverdale Cemetery on Victory Dr, Columbus, GA.

The memorial looks like a show tent, the inscription reads:

Erected by the Con. T Kennedy shows
In memory of their comrades who lost their lives
In a railroad wreck near Columbus, GA
Nov 22, 1915





24 LIVES REPORTED LOST IN FIRE WHEN CARNIVAL TRAIN IS WRECKED IN HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR COLUMBUS.

Central Passenger Train From Columbus, Bound for Macon, Collides With Extra 1716, Westbound, Carrying Twenty-Eight Cars of the CON KENNEDY Shows to Columbus.

The crew of a passage train had orders to stop at Muscogee, four miles east of Columbus, and wait for the special show train. They failed to stop and the two trains collided on a straight stretch of track. Both trains were running about 30 miles an hour. The engines of both trains were demolished, yet did not leave the rails. Following the wreck, fire from the show train engine was communicated to the carnival cars to its rear, and in less than two hours ten floats were totally destroyed by the consuming flames.


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Disaster Date: 11/22/1915 Memorial Sponsors: Con T Kennedy show Disaster Type: Technological Relevant Website: [Web Link] Date of dedication: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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