What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 1952
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 22.82° S, 43.41° W
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 119
Anchieta rail disaster
1952 railway incident in Brazil
The Anchieta rail disaster, occurred on March 4, 1952, in Anchieta, a suburb twenty miles north of the centre of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. 119 people were killed and the resulting outcry prompted major new investment in Brazilian railways. This accident is considered the third-deadliest rail accident in Brazilian history.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A crowded steam-powered passenger train derails while crossing a bridge over the Pavuna River near Anchieta station, sending two old wooden carriages broadside…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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