L'Ametlla de Mar railway accident

In the railway accident at L'Ametlla de Mar on September 1, 1926, an express train derailed between the train stations L'Ametlla de Mar and Ampolla , in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia , Spain . At least 21 people died.

the accident

The train was traveling from Barcelona to Valencia on the Tarragona – Valencia line . A landslide triggered by heavy rains hit the train between the train stations L'Ametlla de Mar and Ampolla (now these are stops ) and crushed a passenger car .

consequences

At least 21 people died and another 50 were injured.

literature

• Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .

Web links

• Horrorosa catástrofe ferroviaria. Un desprendimiento de tierras produce el descarrilamiento del correo Barcelona - Valencia. Han sido extraídos hasta ahora 23 cadáveres y 40 heridos, la mayoría gravísimos . In: El Pueblo (Valencia) of September 2, 1926, p. 1.
• Horrorosa catástrofe ferroviaria entre Ampolla y Ametlla . In: Diario de Valencia of September 2, 1926, pp. 1f.

Remarks

1. ↑ Semmens incorrectly gives the place name as "Anettla".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Semmens, p. 79.
2. ↑ Semmens, p. 79, names 25 dead.

Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′ 1.5 ″  N , 0 ° 45 ′ 31.4 ″  E