Fabrica train crash

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Fabrica train crash
Fabrica train crash
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DateSeptember 2, 1954
16:13
LocationFabrica, Sagay, Negros Occidental
Coordinates 10°53′26″N123°21′19″E / 10.890604°N 123.355329°E / 10.890604; 123.355329
CountryPhilippines
CauseDerailment and fall off bridge
Statistics
Trains1
PassengersUnknown
Deaths82
InjuredUnknown
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A train crash occurred on September 2, 1954 near Fabrica, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on the Insular Lumber Company's logging railroad, when a timber train carrying more than 100 passengers pulled by 0-6-6-0 Mallet #7, "El Siete", derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge. At least 82 people were killed.

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