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- Onawa_train_wreck abstract "The Onawa train wreck was a fatal railroad accident that happened two miles west of Onawa, Maine on December 20, 1919, and killed 23 people.The line concerned was constructed and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, known as the International Railway of Maine it crossed the state and provided a shortcut between the Canadian cities of Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick. On the morning of 20 December 1919, Train No. 39, an eleven-car immigrant special bound for Montreal, was moving west in four sections. Third 39 carried steerage passengers from the liner Empress of France which had docked in Saint John the previous day; a few Canadian soldiers and 300 immigrants, mostly English and Scottish. By the time Third 39 departed Brownville Junction at 6:25 a.m. it was running over five hours late.Freight train No.78 had departed Megantic at 6 p.m. the previous evening. It consisted of 26 cars and had been waiting on a siding at Moosehead where it had allowed the first two sections of No.39 to pass. It had received orders it was five hours ahead of Third 39; giving it plenty of time to reach Morkill, it left Greenville at 6:40 a.m. and arrived in a siding at Morkill at 6:57 a.m. At Morkill further orders were received to the effect that Third 39 was late, and Fourth 39 was eight hours late. This order was misread and the freight train mistakenly believed that Third 39 was now running eight hours late, giving them time to reach Brownville Junction before the end of their 16-hour shift.At 7:14 a.m. as dawn approached the trains collided head-on just west of Onawa station on a curve beside Little Greenwood Pond at a combined speed of 50 mph. The baggage car next to the engine was 'entirely demolished'. The next passenger car telescoped the one behind it for two-thirds of its length. The wreckage then caught fire, adding to the horror. Seventeen people were killed outright, including six children, and the enginemen and firemen of both trains, with six more dying after being freed from the wreckage. Fifty people were injured, many seriously, and were taken by special train to hospitals in Brownville Junction and Bangor.".
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- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Bangor,_Maine.
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- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Greenville,_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink International_Railway_of_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Lac-Mégantic,_Quebec.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Little_Greenwood_Pond.
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- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Moosehead_Lake.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Morkill,_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Northeast_Piscataquis,_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Onawa,_Maine.
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- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink RMS_Empress_of_France_(1914).
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Saint_John,_New_Brunswick.
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Steerage_(deck).
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLink Telescoping_(rail_cars).
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLinkText "Onawa train wreck".
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLinkText "collision".
- Onawa_train_wreck wikiPageWikiLinkText "major train wreck".
- Onawa_train_wreck cause "mis-reading of train orders".
- Onawa_train_wreck country "United States".
- Onawa_train_wreck date "1919-12-20".
- Onawa_train_wreck deaths "23".
- Onawa_train_wreck injuries "50".
- Onawa_train_wreck line International_Railway_of_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck location "Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, near Onawa, Maine".
- Onawa_train_wreck operator Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Onawa_train_wreck pax "300".
- Onawa_train_wreck time "434.0".
- Onawa_train_wreck title "Onawa train wreck".
- Onawa_train_wreck trains "2".
- Onawa_train_wreck type "head-on collision".
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- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:1919_in_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Accidents_and_incidents_involving_Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Piscataquis_County,_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Rail_transportation_in_Maine.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Railway_accidents_in_1919.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Railway_accidents_in_the_United_States.
- Onawa_train_wreck subject Category:Transportation_disasters_in_Maine.
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- Onawa_train_wreck comment "The Onawa train wreck was a fatal railroad accident that happened two miles west of Onawa, Maine on December 20, 1919, and killed 23 people.The line concerned was constructed and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, known as the International Railway of Maine it crossed the state and provided a shortcut between the Canadian cities of Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick. On the morning of 20 December 1919, Train No.".
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