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The most deadly roller coaster accident in the United States up to 1930 happened at Krug Park. On July 24, the park's "Big Dipper" roller coaster crashed. After 6 p.m., a bolt worked loose and four cars full of children and teenagers plunged to the ground. Four people, Ruth Claire
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