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1957 Saint-Paul bus accident; O. Ambush of Oued Zeggar This page was last edited on 29 May 2024, at 05:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1957 (2 C, 20 P) R. Railway accidents in 1957 (6 P) 1957 road incidents (2 P)
Bridget Driscoll is the first person to die in a petrol-engined car crash, and the first pedestrian victim of an automobile crash in the United Kingdom. As she crossed the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London, she was struck by an automobile belonging to the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company that was being used to give demonstration rides. [5]
In British Nigeria, a 16-car train from Lagos to Kano was being driven carefully because of possible track damage from heavy rain, but when a culvert became blocked, the water rose rapidly and the driver was caught unawares by the resulting washout, about 20 miles (30 km) south of Ibadan. Seven cars derailed; early reports indicated 300 people ...
1957 disasters in North America (3 C) 1957 disasters in Oceania (2 C) E. Explosions in 1957 (8 P) F. 1957 fires (1 C, 5 P) H. 1957 health disasters (1 C, 1 P) I.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Image credits: shawneffel Art imitates life. And if you look closely enough, art also is life.The photos from this list prove that there can be beauty in the most mundane and random moments if we ...
It all came to a halt on May 19, 1957, when a race accident injured not just drivers, but spectators as well. Included in the injuries was an 8 year old boy, Alvia Helsabeck. [ 8 ] Driver Billy Myers crashed his Mercury through the Martinsville Speedway fence during the Virginia 500, and landed in an area marked "off limits" to spectators, and ...