page_title: Ciurea rail disaster
hierarchical_section_title: Ciurea rail disaster
caption_attribution_description: ro:Categorie:Hărţi ale judeţului Iaşi
context_page_description: The Ciurea rail disaster, known in Romania as the Ciurea catastrophe, occurred on 13 January 1917, during World War I. It occurred at Ciurea station, in Iași County, a station with a passing loop, located on the railway line from Iași to Bârlad. There was no formal investigation and the exact cause of the accident is unknown. The death toll is also uncertain, with most sources indicating between 800 and 1,000 deaths. With these estimates, the Ciurea rail disaster is one of the worst rail accidents in world history, in terms of the number of victims.
context_section_description: The Ciurea rail disaster, known in Romania as the Ciurea catastrophe (Romanian: Catastrofa de la Ciurea), occurred on 13 January 1917, during World War I. It occurred at Ciurea station, in Iași County, a station with a passing loop, located on the railway line from Iași to Bârlad. There was no formal investigation and the exact cause of the accident is unknown. The death toll is also uncertain, with most sources indicating between 800 and 1,000 deaths. With these estimates, the Ciurea rail disaster is one of the worst rail accidents in world history, in terms of the number of victims.
caption: Location of Ciurea within present-day Iași County
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