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Balvano train disaster

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The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. [1]

26 relations: Balvano, Basilicata, Battipaglia, Battipaglia–Metaponto railway, Benito Mussolini, Black market, Carbon monoxide, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Combustion, Disasters of the Century, Eboli railway station, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Force majeure, FS Class 480, Hemoglobin, History (Canadian TV network), Human Remains (Terry Allen album), Hypoxia (medical), Italy, Lists of rail accidents, Military history of Italy during World War II, Mining accident, Naples, Potenza, Terry Allen (artist), Train wreck.

Balvano

Balvano (Lucano: Balvàne) is a small city and a commune in the province of Potenza (Basilicata, southern Italy).

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Basilicata

Basilicata, also known with its ancient name Lucania, is a region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia (Puglia) to the north and east, and Calabria to the south.

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Battipaglia

Battipaglia is a town and a comune in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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Battipaglia–Metaponto railway

The Battipaglia–Metaponto railway is an Italian long railway line, that connects Rome, Naples and Battipaglia with Potenza, Metaponto and Taranto.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Black market

A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or transaction that has some aspect of illegality or is characterized by some form of noncompliant behavior with an institutional set of rules.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air.

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in too much carbon monoxide (CO).

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Combustion

Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.

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Disasters of the Century

Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.

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Eboli railway station

Eboli is a railway station in Eboli, Italy.

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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (previously Ferrovie dello Stato, FS) (in English Italian State Railways) is a state-owned holding company that manages infrastructure and services on the Italian rail network.

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Force majeure

Force majeure – or vis major (Latin) – meaning "superior force", also known as cas fortuit (French) or casus fortuitus (Latin) "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident", is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (hurricane, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc.), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.

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FS Class 480

The Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 480 (Italian: Gruppo 480) is a 2-10-0 steam locomotive.

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Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (American) or haemoglobin (British); abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates.

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History (Canadian TV network)

History is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that presents programming related to history and historical fiction.

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Human Remains (Terry Allen album)

Human Remains is an album by Terry Allen, released in 1996 by Sugar Hill Records.

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Hypoxia (medical)

Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Lists of rail accidents

This is the list of rail accident lists.

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Military history of Italy during World War II

The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions were often heavily influenced by external factors.

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Mining accident

A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli, Napule or; Neapolis; lit) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan.

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Potenza

Potenza (Potentino dialect: Putenz) is a city and comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania).

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Terry Allen (artist)

Terry Allen (born May 7, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American Texas country and outlaw country singer-songwriter, painter and conceptual artist from Lubbock, Texas.

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Train wreck

A train wreck or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balvano_train_disaster

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