1917 Ciurea rail disaster

When

13 Jan 1917

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

47.06° N, 27.57° E

Description

1917 train wreck

Deaths

1000

1917 Romanian fatal incident

The Ciurea rail disaster, known in Romania as the Ciurea catastrophe, occurred on 13 January 1917, during World War I, when a passenger train derailed and collided with a stationary train on another track. It occurred at Ciurea Station, in Iași County, a train station with a passing loop, located on the railway line from Iași to Bârlad.

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