The 1978 Urania train derail/robbery

Among goods recovered by Urania Chief of Police Ernest Keene are numerous whiskey barrels, boxes of paper towels and toilet tissue and bags of flour shown above. âWe are asking everyoneâs cooperation in this matter and are asking them to please bring back any items they may have taken from the wreckage,â Keene emphasized.

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January 18, 2022

(Note: North LaSalle History Tidbit has a guest writer this week.) It was a Saturday night in early December 1978 that my wife, Velda came home to inform me of the train derail in Urania. Velda was the manager at that time for the Urania Store or “Fox Paul Mall.” Shirley Harris had told Velda that they were giving away the damaged goods from the wreck but not to tell everyone.

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