Chatsworth Wreck, The [Laws G30]

DESCRIPTION: A train is bringing happy travelers to Niagara Falls when it crashes through a burned bridge and is wrecked. A hundred people are killed
AUTHOR: Thomas P. Westendorf
EARLIEST DATE: 1913 (Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety)
KEYWORDS: train death disaster wreck
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Aug 10, 1887 - A train from Peoria, Illinois goes through a bridge near Chatsworth, Illinois on its way to Niagara Falls. 81 people are killed and 372 injured
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW,So)
REFERENCES (10 citations):
Laws G30, "The Chatsworth Wreck"
Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin, p. 242, "The Chatsworth Wrec" (1 text, 1 tune)
Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety, pp. 422-423, "The Chatsworth Wreck" (1 text)
Randolph 681, "The Chatsworth Wreck" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph/Cohen-OzarkFolksongs-Abridged, pp. 447-449, "The Chatsworth Wreck" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 681)
Wolfe/Boswell-FolkSongsOfMiddleTennessee 33, pp. 59-61, "The Chatsworth Wreck" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 47-448, "The Bridge Was Burned at Chatsworth" (1 text plus a broadside print)
Cohen-LongSteelRail, p. 272, "The Bridge Was Burned at Chatsworth" (notes only)
MidwestFolklore, Ivan H. Watson, "Folk Singing on Beaver Island," Volume 2, Number 4 (Winter 1952), p. 248, "The Chatsworth Wreck" (reference only)
DT 641, CHATWRCK*
Roud #2198
NOTES [20 words]: Called "The Bridge Was Burned at Chatsworth" by the author, though this name hardly seems to exist in the tradition. - RBW
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