La Gare Montparnasse [1895]

Black and white photo by H Roger-Viollet of a train accident at the Montparnasse station in Paris on 22 October, 1895 when engine 120-721 failed to stop at the platform, went through a first-floor window and crashed down onto the street.

La Gare Montparnasse [1985]

Photographer: H Roger-Viollet
Source: easyart.com

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Topdeck says:

Cool photo, but the year in the title and tag is wrong, it should be 1895 not 1985. No real need to publish this comment.

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 1:03 am"

wfp says:

thanks, it’s not the first time when i mess up the years

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 10:40 am"

SYED IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN NIZAMI says:

When i saw this photo .I could not under stand what happend there.please tell me about this.

Monday, December 10th, 2007 at 11:09 am"

fudgelink says:

The train was going too fast; the Westinghouse brake failed. When they tried to apply the handbrakes, it was too late. One woman on the street was killed; she was selling papers, standing in for her husband (the train company paid a pension for their children’s welfare). There were five other serious injuries.

The driver and conductor were prosecuted. Seems that at least one of them was too busy doing paperwork to act quickly enough and avoid the disaster.

Sunday, January 13th, 2008 at 11:33 pm"

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