St Johns train crash 1898 (Q16932896)

matcher place: London (relation 65606), London Borough of Lewisham (relation 184724)
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Wikipedia: English
English Wikipedia categories: 1898 disasters in the United Kingdom, 1898 in London, History of the London Borough of Lewisham, March 1898 events, Railway accidents and incidents in London, Railway accidents caused by signaller's error, Railway accidents in 1898, Railway accidents involving fog, Train collisions in England

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The St Johns train crash happened at 9 am on 21 March 1898 when, in thick fog, a passenger train waiting to enter St Johns Station on the South Eastern Railway, UK was run into by another passenger train. Three people were killed and about 20 injured in the accident, which was caused by a signalman's error.

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