Hackettstown Railway Accident
In the Hackettstown rail accident on June 16, 1925, a train derailed near Hackettstown , New Jersey , USA . 45 people died.
Starting position
The special train of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was traveling from Chicago to Hoboken with travelers who wanted to travel by ship from New York to Germany . It was raining heavily.
the accident
The rain washed soil and rubble in the area of a level crossing onto the tracks. One of the locomotive's wheelset derailed, but the train initially stayed on the track. Only 50 meters further, where there was a switch that led to a siding , did the derailed wheelset push the locomotive out of the track. The locomotive and four following wagons derailed and fell down an embankment. Hot water poured out of the locomotive, scalding many people .
See also
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .