On this day, the 25th July 1832 was the first railroad accident recorded in the U.S. Four people were thrown off empty car on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts (which is a state in America). The victims of the accident had been invited to watch the process of transporting large, heavy stones. A cable had snapped on a vacant car on the trip back. The cart fell off a 34-foot cliff (10m), killing one man and the others were seriously injured.
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