Lytle, who lives in Hammond, decided true details of the account deserved a book treatment, and "The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore" (2013 History Press $19.99) ...
In the early morning hours of June 22, 1918, the second of two Hagenback-Wallace Circus trains was headed to Hammond from Michigan City when was rear-ended, as it was stopped to check a hot box on a ...
Author Richard M. Lytle is still surprised by how many Northwest Indiana residents have never heard of "the great circus train wreck of 1918" in Hammond. FYI: The book also is available at local ...