What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1846
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 50.30° N, 2.88° E
- Description
- 1846 railway incident in France
- Deaths
- 17
- Injured
- 40
Fampoux rail accident
1846 railway incident in France
The Fampoux rail accident, also called the Fampoux disaster, took place in northern France, on 8 July 1846, in the territory of the commune of Pas-de-Calais, when on the newly opened Paris–Lille railway, the deadly derailment of a train killed fourteen people and injured around forty.
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