Puçol railway accident

The Puçol railway accident on December 9, 1933 was caused by an attack . 13 people died.

accident

Anarchists were in the wake of a nationwide strike a railway bridge the railway line Tarragona-Valencia between the stations Puçol (then and in Spanish today: Puzol ) and El Puig ( province of Valencia , Spain ), about 10 km north of Valencia , through bombs damaged. When the express train from Barcelona to Seville crossed the damaged bridge at around 11 p.m., it derailed, several wagons with wooden structures overturned and were badly damaged.

consequences

13 people died in the accident , 38 were also injured. Since the scene of the accident was remote, it took four hours for first aid to be on site. The relief train from València, which was ordered to the scene of the accident, reached them late because the tracks had also been damaged elsewhere.

Web links

NN: Express Train Wrecked. Many Deaths At Week-end . In: Northern Star v. December 12, 1933, p. 7.
NN: Efemérides del día 9 de Diciembre . In: infonacional.com

Individual evidence

^ So: Julián Casanova: Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939. London 2005, p. 78; to NN: Express Train Wrecked and NN: Efemérides , 20 people died as a result of the accident.
^ NN: Express Train Wrecked ; NN: Efemérides reports more than 100 injuries.
^ NN: Express Train Wrecked .

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[1] So: Julián Casanova: Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939. London 2005, p. 78; to NN: Express Train Wrecked and NN: Efemérides , 20 people died as a result of the accident.

[2] NN: Express Train Wrecked ; NN: Efemérides reports more than 100 injuries.

[3] NN: Express Train Wrecked .