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Subj: Today in History - Jul 9
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1918
Trains collide outside Nashville
Two trains collide outside Nashville, Tennessee, killing 101
people, on this day in 1918. Despite the high death toll, the
story was mainly ignored by the national press.
It was just after 7 a.m. when the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis line's Train No. 1 arrived at the Shops station. It was
carrying a large contingent of workers heading for their jobs at
the munitions plant in Harding, Tennessee, the next stop on the
line. The train's engineer was supposed to wait for an express
train to pass through the Shops station in the opposite direction
before heading to Harding.
Instead, the engineer headed out after a freight train passed by,
a terrible mistake. Train No. 1 had reached about 50 miles per
hour when the express train appeared before it suddenly,
traveling even faster. There was no time to brake. Both trains
engines exploded on impact. The first two cars on each train were
thrown forward and collapsed on each other. Everything and
everyone in these cars were destroyed.
In addition to the 101 people killed, another 100 people were
seriously injured. Despite the magnitude of the disaster, many
newspapers across the country did not even cover the story.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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