What the records say
- When
- 14 Jun 1891
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 47.52° N, 7.62° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 73
- Injured
- 171
Münchenstein rail disaster
Railway accident in Switzerland
The Münchenstein rail disaster on 14 June 1891 was historically the worst railway accident ever to affect Switzerland. A crowded passenger train fell through a girder bridge, killing more than seventy people and injuring many others.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der bis heute größten Eisenbahnkatastrophe der Schweiz, dem Eisenbahnunfall von Münchenstein bricht die von Gustave Eiffel entworfene Eisenbahnbrücke über…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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