Fabrica train crash

{{short description |Train crash in the Philippines}}

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| date = September 2, 1954

| time = 16:13

| location = Fabrica, Sagay, Negros Occidental

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| country = Philippines

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| cause = Derailment and fall off bridge

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| deaths = 82

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A train crash occurred on September 2, 1954 near Fabrica, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on the Insular Lumber Company's logging railroad, when a timber train carrying more than 100 passengers pulled by {{whyte|0-6-6-0}} Mallet #7, "El Siete", derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge. At least 82 people were killed.

References

  • [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18445759 82 Killed In Runaway Mountain-train Crash]. The Sydney Morning Herald. September 4, 1954. p. 1.

{{1954 railway accidents}}

Category:Railway accidents in 1954

Category:Derailments in the Philippines

Category:History of Negros Occidental

Category:September 1954 in Asia

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