Rail accident

Great East Thompson Train Wreck

4 Dec 1891 · 42.01° N, 71.81° W

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When
4 Dec 1891
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
42.01° N, 71.81° W
Description
train wreck
Deaths
2

Great East Thompson Train Wreck

1891 railroad accident in Connecticut, U.S.

The Great East Thompson Train Wreck was a large rail disaster which occurred in East Thompson, Connecticut, on December 4, 1891. It was one of the most extensive train wrecks in American history, and the first of two to involve four trains. It happened on the New York and New England Railroad, which provided a shortcut from New York City to Boston by making a diagonal across Connecticut.

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