The St-Hilaire train disaster occurs on June…

June 1864 CE

The St-Hilaire train disaster occurs on June 29, 1864, near the present-day town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, when a train carrying many German and Polish immigrants fails to acknowledge a stop signal and falls through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River.

Though uncertain, the widely accepted death toll is ninety-nine persons.

The disaster remains the worst railway accident in Canadian history.

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec Canada View →

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