Railway accident Poerwakarta Saturday night, August 21, 1948 at about is in the vicinity of the railway bridge of Daan on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta a freight train derailed by sabotage of a gang. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler car crashed into a 15 meter deep ravine. Five people were killed and seven wounded, including the driver and two stokers. The accident, which happened about five kilometers before Poerwakarta, is due to the fact that the rails had been broken up over a long distance. Passengers of the later passing trains had to change at the br
Railway accident Poerwakarta Saturday night, August 21, 1948 at about is in the vicinity of the railway bridge of Daan on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta a freight train derailed by sabotage of a gang. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler car crashed into a 15 meter deep ravine. Five people were killed and seven wounded, including the driver and two stokers. The accident, which happened about five kilometers before Poerwakarta, is due to the fact that the rails had been broken up over a long distance. Passengers of the later passing trains had to change at the braking point and cross the bridge on foot. The photo clearly shows, that the accident happened near the bridge, which itself was also damaged Date: 22 August 1948 Location: Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies
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