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Keechelus train wreck photograph collection, August 12, 1912
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Holzmann, A.J.M. (Alexander Joseph Michael), 1880-1926
- Title
- Keechelus train wreck photograph collection
- Dates
- August 12, 1912 (inclusive)19121912
- Quantity
- 14 photographs (1 folder) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1377
- Summary
- Photographs of a train wreck in Keechelus, Washington which killed five people in 1912.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
On August 12, 1912, a wreck involving the train the Olympian occurred in Keechelus, Washington which killed five people: four crewmen--engineers H. Townsend and Henry Nobel; two firemen, John Stembel and H. Spencer; and a woman passenger, Mrs. Simon Jurich. The train, drawn by two locomotives, was approaching the summit of the Cascade Mountains when the forward engine was derailed on a bridge over a small stream. The pounding of the wheels over the ties broke down the bridge and both engines, the mail car and the baggage car fell into the creek.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the wreck of the train the Olympian in Keechelus, Washington from 1912. Most of the photographs were made by A.J.M. Holzmann of North Bend, Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Derailed Olympian train on
its side with crane overhead
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend,Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 2 |
Derailed train Olympian being
pulled by cranes
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
|
circa August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 3 |
Collapsed wooden railroad bridge with derailed
Olympian train cars
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: Wreck of Olympian near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 4 |
Derailed Olympian train cars
lying on the ground
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
|
circa August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 5 |
Collapsed wooden bridge with derailed
Olympian train cars on left and right
sides
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 6 |
Derailed Olympian train cars
in wreckage with wheels exposed
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: WRECK of OLYMPIAN near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 7 |
Collapsed wooden bridge with derailed
Olympian train cars on right side
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: WRECK of OLYMPIAN near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 8 |
Derailed Olympian train cars
lying on ground between collapsed bridge
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: WRECK of OLYMPIAN near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 9 |
Workers gathered around edge of collapsed
bridge
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: WRECK of OLYMPIAN near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 10 |
Workers atop derailed Olympian train car lying on its side
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 11 |
Derailed Olympian train car
3013
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 12 |
Men standing atop upside down Olympian train car
A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington
(photographer)
Printed on photo: WRECK of OLYMPIAN near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M.
& P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 13 |
Front view of collapsed railroad bridge with crane at the
top (Pautzke 4)
Pautzke, Ellensburg, Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
| 1 | 14 |
Workers atop Olympian train
car lying on its side (Pautzke 5)
Pautzke, Ellensburg, Washington
(photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Olympian (Express train)--Photographs
- Railroad accidents--Washington (State)--Keechelus Lake--Photographs
- Railroad bridges--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Railroads--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Holzmann, A.J.M. (Alexander Joseph Michael)--Archives
