Rushewar jirgin kasa na Kudancin Bend

Rukunin Jirgin Kasa na Kudancin Bend (wanda aka fi sani da Babban Mishawaka Train Wreck  ) ya faru ne a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1859, tsakanin Mishawaka da Kudancin Bend a Indiana a kan hanyar jirgin kasa ta Kudancin Michigan inda ya kashe mutane 42 tare da raunata 50. 

Jirgin da ya damu shine Night Express daga Chicago zuwa Toledo dauke da fasinjoji kusan 150. Kafin tsakar dare yana ƙetara wani shingen da aka sani da gadar Springbrook  sama da  zurfin kwazazzabo a gudun  lokacin da jirgin ya ruguje, ya jefa jirgin gaba daya cikin kogin ruwa, ya nitse da yawa.

A cewar Chicago Daily Journal : "An binne injin a zahiri a gefen rafin a cikin yashi da laka, da taushi, kaya da mota mai sauri, da motoci biyu na aji biyu, sun farfasa kusan itacen wuta, kuma an tattara su a saman injin. Motocin fasinja guda biyu na farko sun biyo baya, kuma an tsage su guntuwa kuma an ɗauke su cikin rafi, kodayake motar da ke bacci ta yi rauni.  [ mafi kyau tushe Da ake bukata ] An samu ruwan sama mai tsananin gaske a yankin da yamma da yamma kuma ana tunanin cewa kogin da ke karkashin katangar ya toshe wanda ya haifar da tarin ruwa a bayan gabar da jirgin ya ruguje yayin da jirgin ke tsallakawa. Jirgin kasa mai zuwa yamma ya wuce lafiya da karfe 8:30 pm  

An tsinci gawa daya a kogin St. Joseph mai nisan kasa da rafin; An gano wasu gawarwakin da aka binne gaba daya cikin yashi sannan mako guda bayan afkuwar hatsarin adadin wadanda suka mutu ya kai mutane 41,  ko da yake wasu majiyoyi sun kiyasta adadin wadanda suka mutu ya kai 60 ko 70.  da hatsarin ya afku yana kusa da mahadar titin Ironwood da Lincoln Way West . City of Mishawaka, Indiana (2002–2012). "Mishawaka's History Timeline".

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