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Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash

1952 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Disaster

Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash
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The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash was a three-train collision at Harrow and Wealdstone station in Wealdstone, Middlesex during the morning rush hour of 8 October 1952. The crash resulted in 112 deaths and 340 injuries, 88 of these being detained in hospital.

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