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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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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 Taken in October 1895 // The date of the accident is 22 October 1895. Photos were taken by several photographers during the next four days from this angle.
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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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48°50'37.000"N, 2°19'23.999"E

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current18:27, 25 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:27, 25 October 20061,750 × 2,100 (531 KB)Holly Chengincreased contrast
23:19, 24 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:19, 24 October 20061,750 × 2,100 (548 KB)Holly Chengcleaned up spots and scratches
13:05, 29 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 13:05, 29 July 20061,750 × 2,100 (652 KB)Hemulen

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