Ashtabula River railroad disaster
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ashtabula-river-railroad-disaster-174-5315881
title:
Ashtabula River railroad disaster
text:
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster was the failure of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876. A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train, the Pacific Express, passed over the bridge as it failed. All but the lead locomotive plunged into the river. The train's oil lanterns and coal-fired heating stoves set the wooden cars alight. Firefighters declined to extinguish the flames, leaving individuals to try to pull surviv
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encyclopedia
description:
1876 railroad bridge collapse in Ohio
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster
date created:
2004-10-31T21:20:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T20:02:48Z
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