The Great Railway Disaster Near Montreal, Canada

This image from the July 23, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a major railway disaster near Montreal, Canada. The conductor failed to heed a signal that the Belacil Bridge was open for barge traffic and the ensuing accident killed ninety people and wounded one hundred more.

THE GREAT RAILWAY DISASTER NEAR MONTREAL, CANADA. [Photographed by A. Bazinet & Co., Montreal.]