2. Railway motorcar wrecks north of Medford

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Railway motorcar wrecks north of Medford

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It had been a busy morning for a railway motorcar driver named Riggs. By the time he left Medford, Ore., on March 25, 1911, his gasoline powered McKeen railroad speeder had 50 passengers headed for Grants Pass or points in between.

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Alice Mullaly