Verity Traditions: Train Disaster Of July 1910 - Cincinnati Event

Please note this program was previously scheduled on October 17.

Alan Wise, local historian, author, photographer, and member of the Middletown Historical Society, has researched the 1910 West Middletown railroad disaster since the 1980's when he discovered a set of photographs in an old farmhouse in Poasttown. This is still the worst man-made disaster in the county's history. 36 deaths, many more injured. The cause, circumstances, community reaction, personal stories and results- including the Middletown Hospital- are examined with photos, and a large detailed model.
For the centennial of the wreck, he and Sam Ashworth produced a video documentary on this forgotten event.