Fabrica train crash | |
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Details | |
Date | September 2, 1954 16:13 |
Location | Fabrica, Sagay, Negros Occidental |
Coordinates | 10°53′26.17″N 123°21′19.18″E / 10.8906028°N 123.3553278°E / 10.8906028; 123.3553278 |
Country | Philippines |
Cause | Derailment and fall off bridge |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Passengers | Unknown |
Deaths | 82 |
Injured | Unknown |
List of rail accidents in the Philippines |
A train crash occurred on September 2, 1954 near Fabrica, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on the Insular Lumber Company's logging railroad, when a timber train carrying more than 100 passengers pulled by 0-6-6-0 Mallet #7, "El Siete", derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge. At least 82 people were killed.
References
- 82 Killed In Runaway Mountain-train Crash. The Sydney Morning Herald. September 4, 1954. p. 1.
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