Dink Widenhouse was in the B-29 Ford for the 1956 Southern 500. Along the way he got tangled up in a big collision and cut his arm badly. He started to climb out of the car and got tangled up again, this time with his seat belt. Then he noticed his own bleeding and fainted. This is the way the safety crew found him; he was not seriously injured.
March 30, 1925, a fire at Mammoth Hot Springs completely destroyed a multitude of Yellowstone Park vehicles and buildings. It all started when an oil furnace exploded in the blacksmith shop located in Yellowstone Park Transportation Company’s repair and maintenance building. The explosion quickly scattered burning fragments all over the shop. Fanned by a strong wind from the south, the fire spread quickly and completely destroyed a large number of park vehicles and the garage in which they were housed as well as machine, paint and top shops, and several homes with one being that of F. E. Kammermeyer, Transportation Superintendent. All were destroyed within an hour. Fortunately, no fatalities occurred and only minor burns resulted for the mechanics who tried heroically to save the garage and the vehicles housed within. Lost in the fire were 22 White Touring Cars, 27 White TEB Buses, 26 White Model 15-45 Buses, six trucks and several vehicles belonging to the Yellowstone Park Camping Company. Estimated replacement costs for all were $500,000. Replacement garage in Gardiner, MT 1927
Locals in Lancaster, Missouri, take a ride on one of William P. "Diamond Billy" Hall's ornate Van Amburgh circus chariots circa 1918.
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