22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris express train crashes through a wall in Paris

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 2:05 a.m.

On the 22nd October 1895, the Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse ...