Accidente ferroviario

Desjardins Canal Bridge derailment

12 mar 1857 · 43.28° N, 79.89° W

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Cuándo
12 mar 1857
Tipo
Accidente ferroviario
Coordenadas
43.28° N, 79.89° W
Description
train wreck
Deaths
59

Desjardins Canal disaster

1857 rail transport disaster

The Desjardins Canal disaster was a train wreck that occurred near Hamilton, Canada West, at 6:15 p.m. on March 12, 1857 , when a train on the Great Western Railway crashed through a bridge over the Desjardins Canal, causing the train and its passengers to fall 18 metres (60 ft) into the ice below. With 59 deaths, it is considered one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history.

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