WAUKeechelusPHColl1377.xml Guide to the Keechelus Train Wreck Photograph Collection August 12, 1912 Keechelus Train Wreck Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2017 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)

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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH1377 Holzmann, A.J.M. (Alexander Joseph Michael), 1880-1926 Keechelus train wreck photograph collection August 12, 1912 14 photographs (1 folder) ; sizes vary Collection materials are in English. Photographs of a train wreck in Keechelus, Washington which killed five people in 1912.

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.

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.

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Donor: Nancy Magnuson, August 12, 2014.

Processed by A.J. Ramirez, January 2017.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Holzmann, A.J.M. (Alexander Joseph Michael)--Archives Railroad accidents--Washington (State)--Keechelus Lake--Photographs Railroads--Washington (State)--Photographs Railroad bridges--Washington (State)--Photographs Olympian (Express train)--Photographs Photographs Photographs Washington (State)

1 1 Derailed Olympian train on its side with crane overhead August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend,Washington 1 2 Derailed train Olympian being pulled by cranes circa August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington 1 3 Collapsed wooden railroad bridge with derailed Olympian train cars August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington

Printed on photo: Wreck of Olympian near Keechelus 8/12.12. C.M. & P.S.Ry. showing durability of Steel Cars

1 4 Derailed Olympian train cars lying on the ground circa August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington 1 5 Collapsed wooden bridge with derailed Olympian train cars on left and right sides August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington 1 6 Derailed Olympian train cars in wreckage with wheels exposed August 12, 1912 A.J.M. Holzmann, North Bend, Washington