Train wreck at Montparnasse station

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October 22, 1895 Express "Granville-Paris" was late in the French capital. To arrive on time, the driver increased the speed of the engine, which was carrying 131 passazhira.Kogda he entered the Montparnasse terminal, the train raced at speeds of 40 to 60 kilometers per chas.Ekstrennoe inhibition could not use, since shortly before the accident the driver was instructed not to use the brakes Westinghouse and simply turn them off. Speeding train knocked the track stop, left on the platform of the old West Station, drove all the station crashed into the front wall, punched her and collapsed on the street with a height of 10 metrov.Za wall stood a newsstand, where a woman was sitting, a substitute on the day of her husband. She died as a result of the collapse of the brick kladki.Pyat people, including two passengers got raneniya.V for four days, the train stood untouched behind the wall station, attracting a crowd of curious townsfolk. Driver was fined 50 francs.