Rail accident

1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck

13 Jan 1882 · 40.88° N, 73.92° W

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When
13 Jan 1882
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
40.88° N, 73.92° W
Description
Fatal train collision in the Bronx, New York City
Deaths
8

1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck

Rear-end collision in the Bronx, New York City

On the evening of January 13, 1882, a southbound New York Central passenger train crashed into the rear of another one stopped on the tracks along Spuyten Duyvil Creek in the similarly named neighborhood of the New York City borough of The Bronx.

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