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1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
July 13 – Russia – In the Tcherny railway accident a train derailed and more than 150 people were killed. Hugstetten rail disaster. (September 3, 1882) September 3 – Germany – Hugstetten: Hugstetten rail disaster - After heavy weather a washaway occurred and the train most probably was running too fast. 64 people were killed and 225 ...
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The train never reached the site of that washout, however. Earlier in the day, unknown to the railroad, Pikes Creek’s rushing waters had swept away a small dam upstream from the railroad bridge. The ensuing torrent undermined the north approach to the bridge, where it could not be seen from the oncoming train as it approached, traveling about ...
A train belonging to The West Indian Fast Mail was stopped north of Monroe Junction, two of the men forced the fireman and train engineer, a man known only as Dumas, to stop the train. The other men attempted to enter the express car but were stopped by two men W. N. Saunders and I. M. Cox, Saunders was shot in the breast and later died.
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