1965 Durban rail accident (Q15807635)

matcher place: KwaZulu-Natal (relation 349390), eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (relation 610720)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1960s disasters in South Africa, 1965 in South Africa, 1965 protests, 20th-century disasters in South Africa, Derailments in South Africa, History of Durban, October 1965 events, Opposition to apartheid in South Africa, Railway accidents in 1965, Transport in KwaZulu-Natal

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

On 4 October 1965, during the Apartheid in South Africa, a passenger train of the South African Railways with up to 1500 black commuters onboard derailed, killing 87 of them.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Durban am 4. Oktober 1965 entgleiste ein Vorortzug der South African Railways bei Durban, Südafrika. Mindestens 81 Menschen starben.

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