Gasconade Bridge train disaster

When

1 Nov 1855

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

38.67° N, 91.55° W

Description

1855 train accident in Gasconade, Missouri

Deaths

30

Injured

200

1855 railroad accident in Missouri

The Gasconade Bridge train disaster was a rail accident in Gasconade, Missouri, on November 1, 1855. The Gasconade bridge collapsed under the locomotive O'Sullivan while crossing. More than thirty were killed in the first major deadly bridge collapse in American history.

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