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===Getå Train Disaster=== |
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On [[October 1]] [[1918]] it was the site of the worst train accident in Swedish railroad history killing 42 people. |
On [[October 1]] [[1918]] it was the site of the worst train accident in Swedish railroad history killing 42 people. |
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Many passengers were burned alive as unreinforced wooden cars burned killing many who had survived the actual crash but |
Many passengers were burned alive as unreinforced wooden cars burned killing many who had survived the actual crash but were trapped in the wreckage. |
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Revision as of 19:37, 31 March 2008
Getå is a minor locality in Norrköping municipality, Sweden.
Getå Train Disaster
On October 1 1918 it was the site of the worst train accident in Swedish railroad history killing 42 people. Many passengers were burned alive as unreinforced wooden cars burned killing many who had survived the actual crash but were trapped in the wreckage.
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