Waterval Boven railway accident
In the railway accident at Waterval Boven on the Pretoria – Maputo railway on November 15, 1949, a passenger train traveling from South Africa to Mozambique derailed on a bridge near Waterval Boven , Transvaal . The train was occupied by about 500 travelers . Seven passenger cars of the train fell 20 meters from a bridge in the River Elands , six other cars overturned. 55 people died and more than 100 were injured.
literature
- Peter Semmens: Disasters on the rails . Stuttgart 1996.
- Erich Preuss: Railway accidents in Europe . Berlin 1991.
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Coordinates: 25 ° 37 ′ 51.7 ″ S , 30 ° 19 ′ 47.9 ″ E