Balvano train disaster
The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. It occurred on the night between 2-3 March 1944 in southern Italy, near Balvano (Basilicata). In the disaster some 426 people illegally riding a steam-hauled freight train died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled on a steep gradient in the "Galleria delle Armi" tunnel (English: Armi tunnel).
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Balvano train disaster
The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. It occurred on the night between 2-3 March 1944 in southern Italy, near Balvano (Basilicata). In the disaster some 426 people illegally riding a steam-hauled freight train died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled on a steep gradient in the "Galleria delle Armi" tunnel (English: Armi tunnel).
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Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Ba ...... ll in der Geschichte Italiens.
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Il disastro di Balvano ebbe lu ...... astri ferroviari della storia.
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La catastrophe ferroviaire de ...... es ferroviaires de l'histoire.
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The Balvano train disaster was ...... tunnel (English: Armi tunnel).
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バルヴァーノ鉄道事故（バルヴァーノてつどうじこ）とは1944 ...... し、違法に乗車していた約426人が一酸化炭素中毒で死亡した。
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Some of the corpses gathered in the Balvano railway station
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excessive weight and bad quality coal
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1944-03-03
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Balvano train disaster
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Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Ba ...... ll in der Geschichte Italiens.
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Il disastro di Balvano ebbe lu ...... astri ferroviari della storia.
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The Balvano train disaster was ...... tunnel (English: Armi tunnel).
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バルヴァーノ鉄道事故（バルヴァーノてつどうじこ）とは1944 ...... し、違法に乗車していた約426人が一酸化炭素中毒で死亡した。
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Balvano train disaster
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Catastrophe ferroviaire de Balvano
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Disastro di Balvano
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Eisenbahnunfall von Balvano
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バルヴァーノ鉄道事故
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