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Apr 6, 1950:
Train falls off bridge in Brazil
A train drops off a bridge in Tangua, Brazil, killing 110 people
on this day in 1950. Twenty-two cars made up the Leopoldina
Railways train that departed Rio de Janeiro for Victoria,
Espirito Santo. The passenger cars were filled with people
vacationing over the Easter holidays. The train left after
midnight and had gone almost 60 miles when it approached the
bridge over the Indios River at about 1:30 a.m.
The river, swollen from days of torrential rains in the area, had
undermined the bridge s foundation, but there was no warning
system to stop the train from attempting to cross the bridge. As
it was about halfway across, the locomotive and five cars--two
carrying only baggage--plunged into the river. The remaining 17
cars somehow managed to stay on the tracks despite the connected
cars being dragged into the river.
There were 200 passengers in the cars that went into the river on
the dark, rainy night; with little chance of rescue, about 90 of
them were able to swim their way to safety. The rest drowned or
were swept away by the river s swift current. With the rains
continuing, it was nearly impossible to access the area and it
was not until days later that rescue teams were finally able to
pull the train cars out of the river.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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