#OnThisDay in 1895 In Paris, an express train overruns a buffer stop, crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
Colorized for The Colour of Time. Read and see more in the book.
Colorized for The Colour of Time. Read and see more in the book.
With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for lost time, it approached the station too fast and there was a failure to apply the train air brake.
A woman in the street below was killed by falling masonry.
A woman in the street below was killed by falling masonry.
The locomotive driver was sentenced to two months in prison and fined 50 francs for approaching the station too fast.
If 2020 was a train.
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