What the records say
- When
- 27 Oct 1854
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 42.31° N, 82.44° W
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 52
- Injured
- 48
Jeannette's Creek train wreck
1854 train wreck in Canada
The Jeannette's Creek train wreck, also known as the Baptiste Creek train wreck, was a fatal railroad accident on October 27, 1854, at Baptiste Creek near present-day Jeannettes Creek in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. It was Canada's first major train wreck, leaving 52 people dead and indeed the worst rail disaster in North America at that time.
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