Montparnasse derailment
A spectacular railway accident at the Gare Montparnasse occurred on Tuesday, October 22, 1895. A train of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l' Ouest from Granville to Paris did not, as intended, in the head Montparnasse train station in Paris, but ran after the buffer also the platform and then broke through the wall of the station building.
Circumstances of the accident
The train had started at 08:45 clock in Granville, led 14 cars and had a few minutes late, as he pulled in at 15:55 clock in the Montparnasse train station. The engineer Guillaume -Marie Pellerin, who had 19 years of professional experience, was driving at about 45 km / h into the station to make up for the delay. However, the Westinghouse brake failed and the effect of locomotive brake was not enough to curb the speed of the train heavy enough. Pellerin jumped together with the heater of the locomotive and escaped before the locomotive the buffer and the cross- platform ran over and about 1.25 meters high parapet broke below a large glass window, on the one floor deeper Place de Rennes crashed while only just missed a tram. She stayed diagonally leaning against the wall, stand. The coupling between the Tender of the steam locomotive and the train jerked. The 14 car of the train with 131 passengers stopped on the tracks.
Follow
There were five injured among the passengers and the train crew. Down the street died in the newspaper Marie- Augustine Aguilard. She had represented her husband, who brought the evening papers. The railway company paid the funeral and a pension for her two children. Another woman was injured.
The engineer platoon leader Pellerin and Mariette were brought to justice. Pellerin had 50 franc penalty pay and was sent to prison for two months, Mariette paid 25 francs.
Trivia
- Similar accidents occurred in 1901 in the Frankfurt Central Station. → Main article: Railway accident at Central Station Frankfurt
- Central Station Ludwigshafen am Rhein. → Main article: Railway accident of Ludwigshafen (1901 )