October 22 – Poland – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster: An express from Gdańsk to Warsaw derails on a curve at Nowy Dwór, overturning several cars; over 200 are killed (pl). November 16 – South Africa – At night, a train returning hundreds of migrant workers from Witwatersrand to Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique) crosses a bridge in Waterval Boven, above the Elands River. As it reaches the far end, both locomotives derail; at least 7 cars fall off the bridge and another 6 overturn. There are 64 deaths and 117 people injured. See also London Underground accidents References Sources External links Railroad train wrecks 1907–2007 Rail accidents 1940-1949 20th-century railway accidents