Word: tsurumi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...string of coal cars halted on a slight incline. One coal car rolled back down into the mine. Gathering speed, it flew off the track on a curve in the tunnel and struck the mine wall, showering the fatal sparks that ignited coal dust in a vast explosion. At Tsurumi, outside Yokohama, another cotter pin evidently sheared off the wheel housing of a southbound freight car. The loose lost wheel caused the last three cars to derail and sprawl across the adjacent track. Seconds later, alerted by a warning flare, a passenger train southbound from Tokyo halted on a clear...
...Japanese had heart to enter the argument; they were too busy burying the dead and worrying about the survivors. Of the 274 hospitalized miners, an alarming 100 were suffering from amnesia. As traffic resumed on the Tokyo-Yokohama line, the trains moved slowly past Tsurumi and sobbing passengers dropped bouquets at the accident spot. Railway workers collected the flowers and reverently arranged them on an embankment beside the track...