Great East Thompson Train Wreck

Quand

4 déc. 1891

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

42.01° N, 71.81° W

Description

train wreck

Deaths

2

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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