If you dig this newsletter, support my work on Patreon. Or don’t! That is fine too. Today brings a stolen railroad and a family snatched back from the brink of tragedy. Double check the emergency brake on… June 5, 1921 Flooding sweeps across Eastern Colorado, killing hundreds in the city of Pueblo, a state of horror that is “beyond description.” Two passenger trains, carrying around 200 people, are swallowed by water. Burning rafts of lumber drift through the city and fire burns uncontrollably. Martial law is declared; the police are ordered to shoot looters on sight.
Strange Times 156: Stole a Railroad
Strange Times 156: Stole a Railroad
Strange Times 156: Stole a Railroad
If you dig this newsletter, support my work on Patreon. Or don’t! That is fine too. Today brings a stolen railroad and a family snatched back from the brink of tragedy. Double check the emergency brake on… June 5, 1921 Flooding sweeps across Eastern Colorado, killing hundreds in the city of Pueblo, a state of horror that is “beyond description.” Two passenger trains, carrying around 200 people, are swallowed by water. Burning rafts of lumber drift through the city and fire burns uncontrollably. Martial law is declared; the police are ordered to shoot looters on sight.