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picture of Montparnasse derailment  wikidata:Q61762094 reasonator:Q61762094
Photographer
Photo credited to the firm Levy & fils by this site. (It is credited to a photographer "Kuhn" by another publisher [1].)
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Title
Accident ferroviaire de la gare Montparnasse
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Genre photojournalism Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Train wreck at Montparnasse Station, at Place de Rennes side (now Place du 18 Juin 1940), Paris, France, 1895.
Български: Останки на локомотив при железопътно произшествие на гара Монпарнас, Париж, Франция, 1895
Català: Accident ferroviari a l'estació Montparnasse, París, França, 1895.
Cymraeg: Damwain rheilffordd yng Nghorsaf Montparnasse, Paris, Ffrainc, 1895.
العربية: حطام قطار في محطة موبارناس في العاصمة الفرنسية باريس عام 1895.
Dansk: Ulykken på Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Frankrig, 1895.
Deutsch: Zugunglück am Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Frankreich, 1895.
Español: Accidente ferroviario en la estación de Montparnasse, París, Francia, 1895.
Français : Accident ferroviaire de la gare Montparnasse, Paris, France, 1895.
Italiano: Incidente ferroviario alla stazione di Montparnasse, Parigi, Francia, 1895.
Magyar: Vasúti szerencsétlenség a Montparnasse pályaudvaron, Párizs, Franciaország, 1895.
Nederlands: Treinongeluk Gare Montparnasse, Parijs, Frankrijk, 1895.
Polski: Wypadek pociągu na stacji Montparnasse, Paryż, Francja, 1895.
Русский: Авария экспресса Гранвиль-Париж, Вокзал Монпарнас, 1895.
Tiếng Việt: Tai nạn tại ga Montparnasse, Paris, năm 1895
Date The date of the accident is 22 October 1895. Photos were taken by several photographers during the next four days from this angle.
Source the source was not disclosed by its uploader.
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  • "Brichaut" photo with the clock at 10:45:
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Camera location48° 50′ 37″ N, 2° 19′ 24″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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