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two years earlier, the presidency of the country was assumed by
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Brunswick, Canada / Vanceboro, Maine, US
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434:Guyandotte River, West Virginia, US
469:Exeter, New South Wales, Australia
220:Luna, Adriana (January 22, 2015).
199:The tragedy remains the deadliest
157:, but revolutionary forces led by
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609:Little Salkeld, United Kingdom
315:Railway accidents in the 1910s
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203:in North American history.
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347:Wellington, Washington, US
136:Guadalajara train disaster
24:Guadalajara train disaster
710:Railway accidents in 1915
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417:Ditton Junction, England
245:Haine, Edgar A. (1993).
725:Runaway train disasters
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574:Houten, the Netherlands
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639:Brooklyn, New York, US
510:Quintinshill, Scotland
365:Novato, California, US
359:Spring Creek, Iowa, US
341:Nairn, Ontario, Canada
190:plunged off the tracks
720:Derailments in Mexico
411:Corning, New York, US
615:Hammond, Indiana, US
545:Herceghalom, Hungary
475:Carrbridge, Scotland
730:January 1915 events
562:Edinburgh, Scotland
498:Guadalajara, Mexico
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167:Guadalajara
82:Guadalajara
58:Guadalajara
704:Categories
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207:References
180:, between
117:Passengers
104:Statistics
91:Derailment
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226:Excélsior
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54:Location
274:June 3,
231:June 3,
178:Jalisco
64:Country
41:Details
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186:Sayula
171:Colima
140:Mexico
125:Deaths
109:Trains
78:Colima
68:Mexico
691:1920s
678:1900s
184:and
96:Cause
649:1919
602:1918
555:1917
532:1916
485:1915
462:1914
427:1913
404:1912
381:1911
328:1910
276:2023
251:ISBN
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161:and
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