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The Angola Horror [note 1] train wreck occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3 p.m. when the last coach of the Buffalo -bound New York Express of the Lake Shore Railway derailed at a bridge in Angola, New York, United States, slid down into a gorge, and caught fire, killing some 49 people. At the time, it was one of the deadliest train ...
Dec 4, 2013 · The engineer who was involved in Sunday’s New York train derailment apparently “was nodding off and caught himself too late” before the accident that killed four people and injured 67 others ...
Nov 30, 2007 · Nearly 50 people died and many more injured in the 1867 train wreck known as the Angola Horror. John D. Rockefeller narrowly missed being one of them. John D. Rockefeller was running late on the morning of December 18, 1867. When he climbed out of bed in his modest house on Cheshire Street in Cleveland that frigid Wednesday to catch the early ...
Dec 4, 2013 · Derailed train engineer says brakes didn't work 02:35 An official said investigators are checking Rockefeller's cell phone records to see if he was on a call or texting at the time of the accident ...
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Dec 4, 2013 · Rockefeller had begun running that route on Nov. 17, two weeks before the wreck. Bottalico said Rockefeller was familiar with the route and qualified to run it. Crews are rebuilding the damaged track where Rockefeller’s train crashed. Officials expect 98 percent of service to be restored to the affected line Wednesday, the governor said.
Jan 4, 2011 · It was exactly a week before Christmas, 1867. A train from Cleveland to buffalo ran off the tracks over big sister creek. The crash killed some 50 people, most of them burned to death. It became known as the Angola horror. "It was in 1867, right at this time of the year," said Deputy Mayor Bill Houston was born and raised in Angola.
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Dec 4, 2013 · He also said Rockefeller apparently “was nodding off and caught himself too late” before the accident that killed four people and injured 67 others. The engineer has not been charged.
