What the records say
- When
- 26 Jan 1869
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 18.77° N, 73.37° E
- Description
- 1869 derailment in Bhor Ghat Pass, India
- Deaths
- 15
- Injured
- 35
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bhor Ghat rail accident
1869 derailment in Bhor Ghat Pass, India
The Bhor Ghat rail accident occurred on 26 January 1869 at Bhor Ghat Pass in Maharashtra, India, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, connecting Mumbai and Madras (Chennai). Brakes of the Mumbai–Pune Mail line train failed to stop the train, due to wet tracks and a difficult, rapidly decreasing part of the rail, finally crashing through a dead-end of the Bhor Ghat Reversing Station track down the railway emban…
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