Valencia Railway Accident (1938)

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The Valencia railway accident occurred on March 29, 1938 near the Spanish city ​​of Valencia : A level crossing was not cleared in time by a tanker carrying a flammable liquid. A train rammed the vehicle and burned full length shortly thereafter. 39 people died.

literature

  • Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 95.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The source (Semmens, p. 95) is not sure about the day on which the accident happened.