What the records say
- When
- 10 Sep 1874
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 52.63° N, 1.34° E
- Description
- 1874 train crash in England
- Deaths
- 25
- Injured
- 75
- Cause
- human error, railway signalling system
Thorpe rail accident
1874 train crash in Norfolk, England
The Thorpe rail accident occurred on 10 September 1874 when two trains were involved in a head-on collision near Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, England.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Eisenbahnunfall von Thorpe kommen 25 Menschen ums Leben, 75 Personen werden darüber hinaus verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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