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    The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill station (known as Sandy Run, Camp Hill, Sellwick and finally...
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    Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022. Camp Hill Train Disaster (archive) "The Great Train Wreck of 1856". Philadelphia, PA: St. Michael's Roman Catholic...
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    fuller who helped organize the rescue of survivors of the Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Pennsylvania. The borough of Ambler was named in her honor. Ambler...
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    Railroad line.: 7  On July 17, 1856, the town was the site of a disastrous train accident, known as the Great Train Wreck of 1856. The northbound Shackamaxon...
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    2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013. Dan_nehs (March 28, 2021). "The Worst Train Wreck in New Hampshire History - The 1907 Canaan Disaster". New England Historical...
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  • Bridge train disaster, Gasconade, Missouri; 35+ killed plus hundreds injured. First deadly rail bridge collapse in U.S. history 1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856...
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  • Great Train Wreck of 1856 – Two North Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains are in a head-on collision at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, including a train...
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  • The Great Train Wreck of 1856: Two trains collide near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania killing at least 59 and injuring at least 100. August 10 – 1856 Last...
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  • the waterfront. In 1856, the company suffered its first accident in the Great Train Wreck of 1856, the most significant railroad wreck in the world up to...
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    after Mary Johnson Ambler, who helped direct the aftermath of the Great Train Wreck of 1856. The station serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. Its official...
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    Head-on collision (category Train collisions)
    increase the expected crash severity. Collision Lists of rail accidents Road collision types Train wreck Look up head-on collision or cornfield meet in Wiktionary...
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    Perhaps it was, in New York. After the Great Train Wreck of 1856, the surviving conductor was tried and acquitted of manslaughter in a Pennsylvania court...
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    Whitpain Township. National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Great Train Wreck of 1856 St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh...
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    well as the Great Train Wreck of 1856 were instrumental cases in improving rail safety. Train companies and rail lines began expanded train lines to be...
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    first half of 2024, during the same peak hours, there are only 7 trains in the morning and 6 peak trains in the afternoon. Of the morning trains, only 4...
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    as Sandy Run, Fellwick station was the site of the Great Train Wreck of 1856, which claimed the lives of approximately 60 people. The station was renamed...
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  • Post. 3 December 2019. https://www.dw.com/en/polish-ski-resort-gas-blast-wrecks-house-8-missing/a-51536992 "Nigeria: Pipeline explosion death toll climbs...
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    charter school and La Salle Academy. Great Train Wreck of 1856 "Two Philadelphia Parishes To Close Churches Of Closed Parishes To Become Worship Sites"...
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    "Freight Train from Kyogle" by Darren Hanlon "Freight Wreck at Altoona, The", see "Wreck of the 1262" "Fremont Train, The" (Traditional), 1856, by Oscar...
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    Hill was the site of the Great Train Wreck of 1856, the worst railroad disaster in world history up to that time. Two passenger trains, heading toward each...
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  • by Fleetwood Mac and Christine Perfect "Albatross" (Big Wreck song) "Albatross" (Corrosion of Conformity song) (1994) "Albatross" (instrumental), a 1968...
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    1". "Terrible Disaster--Burning of the Steamer Northern Indiana--Great Loss of Life". Detroit Free Press. 18 July 1856. p. 1. Retrieved 5 January 2016...
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    Leopoldo O'Donnell takes control of the government, bringing an end to the bienio progresista. July 17 – The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad calamity...
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  • Railroad opens its Great Central Station in Chicago. July 14 – The Rome and Frascati Rail Road opens for service. July 17 – The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad...
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    Haven, MO in 1856) were complimented for their hospitality. Scavengers arrived at the wreck site the next day and carried off anything of value. Surviving...
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    currently limited to accidents where at least one train occupant was killed. It does not include acts of terror, nor accidents in Northern Ireland. The 'TRA...
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    SS Pacific (1849) (category Maritime incidents in January 1856)
    years after 1856. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales concluded that the wreck is unlikely to be that of Pacific. Among...
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    Derailment (redirect from Train derailment)
    In rail transport, a derailment is a type of train wreck that occurs when a rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails. Although many derailments...
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    was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United...
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    Donald McKay (category Canadian people of Scottish descent)
    OM. She was launched at East Boston, Massachusetts, for Enoch Train & Co. She wrecked off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, in 1853. 1851 North America, extreme...
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