Title

Railway accident, Munchenstein, Switzerland, 14th July 1891. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Railway accident, Munchenstein, Switzerland, 14th July 1891. An iron girder bridge collapses as a crowded passenger train passes over it, 71 dead, 171 injured. Switzerland's worst ever railway accident. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th July 1891.

Date

1891

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C01_220

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (4,1Mb) / 12,9in x 15,0in / 3882 x 4509 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior Europe river people railways Switzerland day bridge compartment geography railway color colour current accident disaster century drowning catastrophe railway track print concept outside crash incident injured injury railway bridge 19th century nineteenth century Art Media geographical feature railway carriage TGN Basel-Landschaft Munchenstein Unknown