Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Two passenger trains, operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway ("NC&StL"), collided head-on , costing at least 101 lives and injuring an additional 171.
1890 Quincy train wreck, Quincy, Massachusetts; 23 killed plus 29 injured [33] 1891 Great Kipton Train Wreck, Kipton, Ohio; 9 killed. Led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers [34] [35] 1891 Bostian's Bridge train disaster, Statesville, North Carolina; 25-30 killed plus 25-30 injured.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Great Train Wreck of 1918; N. New Market train wreck; W. Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
On June 22, 1918, the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus suffered a deadly train accident while traveling to a show in Hammond, Indiana. While the second of the team's trains had pulled off to the side to fix an engineering issue, an empty train used to transport soldiers crashed into five wooden sleeping cars, which ignited a quickly-spreading fire.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Great Train Wreck of 1918 This page was last edited on 14 December 2024, at 08:18 (UTC). ...
The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond , Indiana .
The Great train wreck of 1918 near Nashville, Tennessee. July 9 – United States – Great train wreck of 1918, Nashville, Tennessee: Two Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway trains collide head-on. 101 killed, 171 injured at Shops Junction-West Nashville, Tennessee.