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Free Drinks on the House, Courtesy of a Train Wreck

Free Drinks on the House, Courtesy of a Train Wreck

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Here’s an account from the May 23, 1891 issue of the Buckley Banner about the morning the wine flowed liked, well, wine:  COLLISION OF FREIGHT TRAINS  Iron Horses Bump Together at White River Bridge.  A Gala Day For Buckley.  Free Wine and a Free Fight.  Fourth of July Nowhere in Comparison.  “Early Thursday morning as freight train No. 56 pulled out of town and swung…

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