Montparnasse derailment

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The Montparnasse derailment was a famous 1895 train accident in Paris in which a locomotive overran the buffers at Gare Montparnasse and dramatically crashed through the station wall onto the street below.

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Generate an image of the Montparnasse derailment (The Montparnasse derailment was a famous 1895 train accident in Paris in which a locomotive overran the buffers at Gare Montparnasse and dramatically crashed through the station wall onto the street below.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
railway accident ⓘ
train derailment ⓘ
aftermath locomotive removed using cranes and winches ⓘ
station façade repaired ⓘ
cause excessive speed on approach to terminus ⓘ
failure to apply the Westinghouse air brake in time ⓘ
insufficient use of handbrakes by train crew ⓘ
train overran the buffer stop ⓘ
cityDistrict Montparnasse ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crewMemberHeldResponsible guard ⓘ
train driver ⓘ
date 1895-10-22 ⓘ
depictedIn contemporary postcards ⓘ
newspaper illustrations ⓘ
distanceFallen about 10–12 metres ⓘ
fatalities 1 ⓘ
hasCommonsCategory Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
hasWikipediaArticle Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
imageUsedAsInspirationFor various artworks and posters ⓘ
injuries around 6 ⓘ
legalConsequence crew members fined ⓘ
location Gare Montparnasse ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
locomotiveNumber No. 721 ⓘ
locomotiveType steam locomotive ⓘ
mediaType widely reproduced photograph ⓘ
notableFor iconic photographs of locomotive protruding from façade ⓘ
locomotive crashing through station wall onto street ⓘ
operator Chemins de fer de l'Ouest ⓘ
partOf history of rail transport in France ⓘ
railwayLine Granville–Paris line ⓘ
railwaySafetyImpact highlighted importance of braking procedures at terminal stations ⓘ
routeDestination Paris ⓘ
routeOrigin Granville ⓘ
speedAtImpact approximately 10–15 km/h ⓘ
streetBelow Place de Rennes (now Place du 18-Juin-1940) ⓘ
structureDamaged station concourse ⓘ
station façade ⓘ
street below the station ⓘ
terminusStation Gare Montparnasse ⓘ
trainType passenger train ⓘ
victim woman killed by falling masonry in the street ⓘ
year 1895 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gare Montparnasse → incident → Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
Montparnasse derailment → hasCommonsCategory → Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
Montparnasse derailment → hasWikipediaArticle → Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
Granville–Paris line → knownFor → 1895 Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
linked to: Montparnasse derailment
Granville–Paris line → historicalEventSite → Montparnasse derailment of 1895 ⓘ
linked to: Montparnasse derailment
Granville–Paris line → hasAccident → Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
Place du 18-Juin-1940 → notableEventSite → 1895 Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
linked to: Montparnasse derailment
Place de Rennes → notableEventSite → 1895 Montparnasse derailment ⓘ
linked to: Montparnasse derailment