A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Balvano train disaster
1944 CE · Italy, Europe · Disaster
The Balvano train disaster occurred on the night between 2–3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata, when 517 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel. It was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever.
Available to claim
One person can dedicate this moment - a name and a short note recorded here forever.