What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 1851
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.94° N, 8.44° E
- Description
- train wreck in 1851 near Avenwedde, Germany
- Deaths
- 3
1851 Avenwedde rail accident
First German railroad accident with multiple fatalities
The 1851 Avenwedde rail accident was a train derailment that occurred near Gütersloh, German Confederation on January 21 of that year.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Avenwedde entgleist ein Zug von Minden ins Rheinland auf der Stammstrecke der Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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