Railway Disaster - November 10, 1868 - Cerhovice, Czech Republic
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N 49° 51.029 E 013° 49.846
33U E 415945 N 5522663
The first major train accident in the present territory of Czech Republic
Waymark Code: WM127HF
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/21/2020
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V úterý dne 10. listopadu ke 4 hodine ranní se z Plzne obycejný osobní vlak vypravil smerem k Praze. Ve ctyrech vozech tohoto vlaku sedí 235 mužu uherského pluku pešího c.26 velkého knížete Michala. Vojáci meli odjet už predešlé noci v nákladním vlaku do Ostrihoumu, kde byl jejich odvodní okres, ale neco zaprícinilo, že nakonec jeli vlakem osobním. Vlak nabíral behem cesty postupne stále vetší zpoždení. Neprízen pocasí, spousty snehu a ostrý vítr donutily os. vlak zastavit u drážního domku c.61 nedaleko Újezdu.
Do stojícího osobního vlaku následne narazil vlak nákladní. Pri neštestí zahynulo 22 osob. Památník neštestí je umísten na míste bývalého hrbitova (dnes parku).
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On Tuesday, November 10, at 4 am, an ordinary passenger train departed from Pilsen towards Prague. In the four wagons of this train sits 235 men of the Hungarian regiment of the infantry No.26 Great Prince Michael. The soldiers were supposed to leave last night on a freight train to Esztergom, where their drainage district was, but something caused them to eventually take a passenger train. The train was getting more and more delayed during the journey. Adverse weather, lots of snow and sharp wind forced the axes. stop the train at railway house no.61 near Újezd.
A freight train then crashed into a standing passenger train. 22 people died in the disaster. The disaster memorial is located on the site of a former cemetery (now a park).
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