Turenne rail accident
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Turenne rail accident
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The Turenne rail accident occurred on 14 September 1932 when a train carrying French Foreign Legionnaires crashed in Algeria killing 62 people. The military train carrying 500 soldiers departed Sidi Bel Abbès at 07:15 that morning bound for Oujda in Morocco. In the mountainous Tlemcen Province between Zelboun and Turenne it derailed, the engine and all 14 carriages fell 250 feet into a ravine killing 57 soldiers and 5 train crew; 223 men were injured. The population of Turenne helped in the init
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turenne_rail_accident
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