Posts about Wrecks
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‘Lucky Lindy’ Bails Out November 1926
On the evening of November 3, 1926, Charles Lindbergh jumped out of his U.S. airmail biplane somewhere in the skies far above McLean Co...
Mother Road Turns Deadly October 28, 1949
John M. Newman of Pittsfield, IL, was killed on October 28, 1949, when his Pacific Intermountain Express truck sideswiped an automobile...
Photo of the Week, 84: 'Bloody 66' claims 4 victims in early February 1939
On Friday, February 3, 1939, four area men were killed in a late evening automobile accident on U.S. Route 66, about 2 miles south of C...
Photo of the Week, 71: Grim Reapers Pay Respects to Fallen Comrade
On June 16, 1970, about 50 members of the Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club led a funeral procession for L. Wayne Martin, a 24-year-old Bloo...