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Dutchman's Curve Train Wreck

Dutchman's Curve Train Wreck

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along White Bridge Pike (TN155) just west of Harding Rd. The deadliest train wreck in U.S. history occurred on July 9, 1918, when two crowded trains collided head-on at Dutchman's Curve. the impact caused passenger cars to derail into surrounding cornfields, and fires broke out throughout the wreckage. Over 100 died, including many African-American workers journeying to work at the munitions plant near Old Hickory.