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1897 Gentofte train crash
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Gentofte train crash Gentofte Ulykken 11. juli 1897 - 3.jpg Gentofte train crash, 11 July 1897 1897 07 11 y Denmark Collision Signal passed at danger 2 40 100+
In the Gentofte train crash at Gentofte station, Denmark, on the island of Zealand, on 11 July 1897 an express train pulled by a DSB class CS (0-4-2) number 245 passed a signal cautioning danger and collided with a stationary passenger train waiting at the station. There were 40 deaths and more than 100 people were injured.https://tidsskrift.dk/jernbanehistorie/article/view/26886/23642 "den frygteligste jærnbaneulykke" - Gentofteulykken 1897 Jernbanehistorie 17 March 2014 2 1 Christensen Lars Bjarke
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