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848 - ST ANTOINE du ROCHER (37) – THE RAILWAY DISASTER ( * ) OF 29…
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ST ANTOINE du ROCHER (37) – THE RAILWAY DISASTER ( * ) OF 29–30 JULY 1925 – “the express train hanging over the ravine next to the bridge” – Spectacular extreme close-up – postcard L.R. 11 ( * ) During the night of 29–30 July 1925, at midnight, on the Le Mans to Tours line, a train operated by the Paris-Orléans Railway Company derailed at full speed whilst passing over a passing loop. The locomotive left the tracks and, after striking the parapet of a bridge, tumbled into the stream below – a fall of 4 metres. In addition to the driver, Mr Gorce, 16 passengers were killed and 19 injured. The accident caused a national outcry, prompting the Minister for Public Works, Mr Pierre Taval, to travel to the scene the very next day on the express train from Paris.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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