Rail accident

Garrison train crash

24 Oct 1897 · 41.37° N, 73.95° W

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When
24 Oct 1897
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
41.37° N, 73.95° W
Description
1897 railroad accident in New York State
Deaths
19

Garrison train crash

1897 railroad accident in New York State

The Garrison train crash occurred on October 24, 1897, in Garrison, New York, at approximately 5:47 am, when train No. 46 of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad derailed near King's Dock of the Hudson River division, about one and three-quarters miles south of Garrison. All but one of the 19 fatalities drowned when the embankment gave way, plunging the train into the Hudson River.

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