Desjardins Canal Bridge derailment

Quand

12 mars 1857

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

43.28° N, 79.89° W

Description

train wreck

Deaths

59

1857 rail transport disaster

The Desjardins Canal disaster was a train wreck that occurred near Hamilton, Canada West, at 6:15 p.m. on March 12, 1857 , when a train on the Great Western Railway crashed through a bridge over the Desjardins Canal, causing the train and its passengers to fall 18 metres (60 ft) into the ice below. With 59 deaths, it is considered one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history.

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