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An illustration of a train accident, with a car tipped over off the tracks, near Santa Cruz, CA. Printed on the front of the card, "Terrible and Fatal Railroad Accident near Santa Cruz, May 23 1880".

Handwritten note on reverse: "P/SC - Railroads.…

Date: 1880
Type: POSTCARD

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On May 14, 1903, Sarah Agnes Cowell, the youngest daughter of Henry Cowell, was killed in a buggy accident at the Cowell Ranch. Sarah and the ranch housekeeper were riding in the family buggy along the upper kiln road on the Cowell ranch (now the…

Date: 1903-05-14
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
October 30, 1975

Type: ARTICLE

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Date: 2010-Spring
Source: Santa Cruz Magazine, v5n1, p 60-63.
Type: ARTICLE

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The San Lorenzo River flood in 1940.

Date: 1940-02-27
Type: PHOTO

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A view of the San Lorenzo River and Barson's Orchard in the flood of 1940. Looking north from Laurel Street.

Date: 1940-02-27
Type: PHOTO

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The River Bank Auto Camp on Third St. during the flooding of the San Lorenzo River in 1940.

Date: 1940-02-27
Type: PHOTO

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Near the flooded Pajaro River at Chittenden.

Date: 1911
Type: PHOTO

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A railroad accident on the South Pacific Coast Railroad's mainline crossing with the Southern Pacific Railroad a few hundred feet south of the Santa Clara depot. Locomotive Number 1377 of the Southern Pacific collided with another locomotive at this…

Date: 1903
Type: PHOTO

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Neptune Casino, built by Fred Swanton in 1904 as part of the Beach Boardwalk. It burned to the ground June 22, 1906. After the fire, Swanton put up a circus tent to house the casino for the summer season.

Date: 1906-06-22
Type: PHOTO

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An unidentified train wreck.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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