Accident ferroviaire

Jeannette's Creek train wreck

27 oct. 1854 · 42.31° N, 82.44° W

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Quand
27 oct. 1854
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
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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