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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BJBII, post: 4895533, member: 112607&quot;]Before dawn on June 25th, 1918 the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train (on its way to Hammond, Indiana from Michigan) stopped in Ivanhoe, Indiana.&nbsp; It was rear-ended by an empty troop train.&nbsp; The circus train cars were made of wood and used kerosene for lighting.&nbsp; Most of the entertainers and workers were asleep in the rear cars.&nbsp; The ensuing fire killed over a hundred performers.&nbsp; A day or two after the wreck my grandfather and father (6 years old) walked from their house to the site.&nbsp; My dad found this badly burned Liberty Nickel.&nbsp; Five cents was the general admission cost for the circus and often the workers were paid in nickels. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181328[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1181329[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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