Eschede train disaster (2108 bytes)
1: ...pened on [[3 June]] [[1998]], near the village of Eschede in the district of [[Celle (district)|Celle]], [[...
3: ...hrough the road bridge that crossed the tracks at Eschede, but the fifth carriage drove against the pier. T...
5: ...val in the rear carriages. 101 people died in the disaster.
11: ...when there are strange noises or behaviour of the train.
15: [[de:ICE-Unglück_Eschede]]

Glenbrook train disaster (1249 bytes)
1: The '''Glenbrook train disaster''' was a [[railway]] accident in [[New South Wale...
3: ...was not able to see the rear of the long distance train around a sharply curved and deep cutting in order...
13: * [[Liverpool train disaster]]
14: * [[Regents Park train disaster]]
15: * [[Lindfield train disaster]]

Waterfall train disaster (5044 bytes)
1: ...side it. Of the 47 passengers and two crew of the train, the driver, Herman Zeides, and six of the passen...
3: ...rake]] failed to function. Also, the guard on the train, who should have applied the emergency brake, wa...
6: ... the driver releases pressure off this brake, the train comes to a halt.
12: ...use of the accident. Training of the staff of the train was also found to be a contributing factor in the...
19: ...at the emergency brake be seldom used because the train would accelerate from 5 to 10 km/h before the bra...

Harmelen train disaster (1985 bytes)
1: ...ine cross over to the track normally employed for trains travelling in the opposite direction for a short...
3: ... lost their lives, including the drivers of both trains.
9: * [[Beresfield rail disaster]] (New South Wales, Australia)
10: * [[Violet Town railway disaster]] (Victoria, Australia)
14: * [[Automatic train protection]]

Graniteville train disaster (3710 bytes)
1: ...tes of America|American]] [[rail transport|rail]] disaster that occured on [[January 6]] [[2005]] in [[Grani...
3: ...The collision resulted in the destruction of both trains, and ruptured a chlorine gas tank, which resulte...
8: ...people lost their lives in the Graniteville train disaster:
10: ...t Columbia, South Carolina]], engineer of through train
20: ...ern Corporation has announced that it expects the disaster to cost in the range of $30 to $40 million (preta...

Abergele train disaster (2703 bytes)
1: ...er''' in [[1868]] was the first major [[railway]] disaster in Britain.
3: ...he front of the [[locomotive]]. After an hour the train was approaching [[Abergele]] in Wales.
7: ... Arthur Thompson saw the trucks speed towards the train from behind the curve of the sea wall. He turned ...
17: ...ammable material should be transported on special trains.
20: ...t Hume''' - ''Death by Chance: The Abergele Train Disaster, 1868'' (2004)

Sunshine train disaster (1137 bytes)
3: ...ion flew at half-mast. The disaster was the worst train crash in Victorian railway history.
5: ... train reading the green signals for the Ballarat train in front as his own.
7: ...elegraph working that would have held the Bendigo train at the previous station.
12: * [[List of disasters in Australia by death toll]]

Hawes Junction train disaster (1250 bytes)
1: ...es waiting at his starting signal and allowed two trains into the one block section. Since the bank engin...
7: ...ts]] had been installed to detect the presence of train on the main lines, and in addition lock the signa...
13: ...rash also involved a signalman forgetting about a train on the main line.

Queen of the Sea train disaster (1439 bytes)
1: ...round 1,700 passengers on board. The route of the train runs along the coast of Sri Lanka, but at Telwatt...
3: ...India]], when about 800 people were killed when a train was blown off a bridge by a [[cyclone]]).
6: *Steele, Jonathan. "One train, more than 1,700 dead." ''The Guardian''. Decembe...
8: ...04 Indian Ocean earthquake|Queen of the Sea train disaster]]

Big Bayou Conot train disaster (650 bytes)
1: ...r''' of [[September 22]], [[1993]] is the worst [[disaster]] in the history of [[United States]] [[railroad]...
3: ...; when the scheduled [[Sunset Limited]] passenger train reached the bridge it plunged into the water. For...
5: ... collided with the bridge a short time before the disaster, displacing the tracks on the bridge.

Disaster (8686 bytes)
1: A '''disaster''' is a [[natural disaster|natural]] or man-made event that negatively affec...
3: ... in a bad position (based on [[astrology]]), a ''"disaster"'' is about to happen.
5: Disasters may be called different things depending upon th...
7: ...Insurance specialists use this phrase to denote a disaster beyond actuarial expectations.
8: * '''[[crisis]]''' – Disaster Management and Information Security specialists u...

Kaprun disaster (1118 bytes)
1: ...kaprun.train.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|The funicular train (white) is waiting at the valley station. It ente...
3: ...roke out in the [[tunnel]] of the [[funicular]] [[train]] in [[Kaprun]], [[Austria]] on [[November 11]], ...
5: ...y determined the cause was a faulty heater in the train and highly flammable hydraulic brake oil.
18: ...rope/3502265.stm BBC News - Flashback: Kaprun ski train fire]

Ryongchon disaster (6182 bytes)
1: The '''Ryongchŏn disaster''' was a [[train disaster]] that occurred in the town of [[Ryongchon|Ryongc...
3: The disaster occurred when a flammable cargo exploded at the [...
5: ==Effects of the disaster==
7: ... people were killed and 1,249 were injured in the disaster. A wide area was reported to have been affected, ...
9: ...ts were allowed into the country to report on the disaster.

Bhopal disaster (10586 bytes)
1: ...isaster''' of [[1984]] was the worst [[industrial disaster]] in the history of the world. It was caused by t...
7: ==Factors leading to the disaster==
10: ...e of the gas, thus hampering treatment, and basic disaster management measures (such as blocking all gaps wi...
18: ... $470 million for damages it caused in the Bhopal disaster. (The original lawsuit was for USD 3 billion.)
26: ... fulfilled Dow's financial responsibility for the disaster.

Escuminac Disaster (3284 bytes)
1: The '''Escuminac Disaster''' is the name given for a rare [[June]] [[tropic...
11: ...the victim of [[Springhill Mining Disaster|mining disasters]] in [[1956]] and [[1958]], sent 2 tons of food ...
15: Today, the ''Escuminac Disaster Monument'' sits as a memorial on the shores of Es...
17: ...e fishermen who lost their lives in the Escuminac disaster, June 20, 1959....Pour honorer la memoire des pec...
20: ...ina.htm "Lost at Sea" - Accounts of the Escuminac Disaster]

Disaster of Annual (3303 bytes)
1: The "'''Disaster of Annual'''" was a grave military defeat suffere...
9: The political crisis brought about by this disaster led [[Indalecio Prieto]] to say in the [[Congress...

Wahine disaster (6916 bytes)
3: ...''Wahine'' is by far the most well known shipping disaster in New Zealand's history, although there have bee...
23: Today the [[Wahine Memorial Park]] marks the disaster, near where survivors reached the eastern shore a...
27: *Max Lambert and Jim Hartley, The Wahine Disaster (1969)
28: *Kevin Boon, The Wahine Disaster, Petone, N.Z. : Nelson Price Milburn, 1990. ISBN ...
29: ...or those who wish to do serious research into the disaster.

Hillsborough disaster (8988 bytes)
1: The '''Hillsborough disaster''' occurred on [[April 15]], [[1989]], at [[Hills...
9: ...nce services were overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster and fans helped as best they could, many attempti...
13: Graphic footage of the disaster was available because the match was being broadca...
19: Following the disaster, [[Peter Murray Taylor|Lord Justice Taylor]] was ...
21: ... was considerable debate over some aspects of the disaster; in particular, attention was focused on the deci...

Natural disaster (9885 bytes)
1: ...nderstanding is crystallized in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability" (Blaikie,...
3: ==Common natural disasters==
11: ...is historically the most dangerous of all natural disasters. Different epidemics are caused by different dis...
14: Famine is a natural disaster characterized by a widespread lack of [[food]] in...
17: A flood is a natural disaster caused by too much [[rain]] or [[water]] in a loc...

Hindenburg disaster (12908 bytes)
9: ==The disaster==
13: The [[disaster]] is remembered partly because of extraordinary [...
15: ...h, the humanity!" resonate with the memory of the disaster.
40: ...ard referred to the film footage taken during the disaster, in which the Hindenburg can be seen taking a rat...
49: After the disaster, the Zeppelin company's engineers determined this...

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