Today we visit the site to the second worst train accident in United States History. More than 92 people lost their lives on December 29,1876 In Ashtabula Ohio. The number 5 Train was crossing the Ashtabula river when the bridge gave out and the train crashed down 75 feet into the dark abyss!

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"Ashtabula Bridge" redirects here. For the present-day bridge, see Ashtabula lift bridge.
Ashtabula River railroad disaster
Ashtabula Bridge disaster.jpg
Wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly,
January 20, 1877. The locomotive Socrates is at upper right
Details
Date December 29, 1876
About 7:30 pm
Location Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates 41.8785°N 80.7894°W
Operator Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Incident type Deraillment and fire
Cause Bridge collapse
Statistics
Trains 1
Crew 19
Deaths 92 (approximately)
Injured 64
List of rail accidents (before 1880)
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster (also called the Ashtabula horror, the Ashtabula Bridge disaster, and the Ashtabula train disaster) was the failure of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876. A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train, the Pacific Express, passed over the bridge as it failed. All but the lead locomotive plunged into the river. The train's oil lanterns and coal-fired heating stoves set the wooden cars alight. Firefighters declined to extinguish the flames, leaving individuals to try to pull survivors from the wreck. Many who survived the crash burned to death in the wreckage. The accident killed approximately 92 of the 160 people aboard. It was the worst rail accident in the U.S. in the 19th century and the worst rail accident in U.S. history until the Great Train Wreck of 1918.

The coroner's report found that the bridge, located about 1,000 feet (300 m) from the railway station, had been improperly designed by the railroad company president, poorly constructed, and inadequately inspected. As a result of the accident, a hospital was built in the town and a federal system set up to formally investigate fatal railroad accidents."


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