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Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 18, 1891, [5] which was caused by railroad engineers' watches not being in sync; and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers in 1893. An Ohio Historical marker in Kipton Community Park notes the details of the collision. [6]
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.
April 19 – United States – Kipton, Ohio, United States: A passenger train and a freight train collided just east of the Kipton depot killing eight. The accident was attributed to one of the engineers' watches having stopped and being four minutes behind. [10]
April 19 – A fatal collision in Kipton, Ohio between a freight train and a passenger train, attributed to a faulty engineer's pocket watch which stopped for 4 minutes. . This accident will become the impetus for the adoption of new quality standards for railroad chronometers in
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, a preliminary investigation of the derailment found that a wheel bearing on one of the train cars’ wheels overheated and failed in the ...
Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals ...
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1953 New York Central Railroad accident; A. Ashtabula River railroad disaster; C. ... East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment; M. Mentor station; 1986 Miamisburg train ...