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St. Bernard Cathedral, San Bernardo

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Catedral de San Bernardo
Catedral de San Bernardo

The St. Bernard Cathedral (also San Bernardo Cathedral; Spanish: Catedral de San Bernardo) is the main Catholic church and seat of the Bishopric of San Bernardo, located to one side of the Plaza de Armas de San Bernardo, in the metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile. The original cathedral was built in 1820 as the seat of the city's parish. It functioned in this way until 1987, when it was elevated to cathedral of the new Diocese of San Bernardo. The earthquakes it had to withstand and some structural defects led to the destruction of the church. A new one was built in its place, which was finally inaugurated on November 25, 2000, being consecrated by Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Pontifical Legate for the celebration of the Great Jubilee of 2000 in Chile.

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Catedral de San Bernardo

Arturo Prat
8012117 , San Bernardo
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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San Bernardo train crash

The San Bernardo train crash was a fatal rail crash that happened on July 17, 1955 at San Bernardo, a suburb on the southern edge of Santiago, the capital of Chile, killing 38 passengers. It was the worst rail disaster in Chilean history until the rail disaster at Queronque in 1986 which killed 58.The accident happened at 8:55 AM in dense fog on a Sunday morning. Train No.3 was held at San Bernardo station waiting for a freight train ahead of it to clear the line. It comprised two first class coaches, a dining car, and five third-class coaches. After a delay of twenty minutes it was given the signal to proceed on its journey south to San Rosendo. But at that same moment it was rammed from behind by Train No.11 bound for Pichilemu destroying the two rear third-class carriages and killing most of the occupants. The impact was so great that a block from the crash site fragments of debris and human remains could be found.Survivors said the disaster could have been much worse as many passengers, bored by the long wait, had alighted from the train and were waiting on the platform. It was also fortunate that the rear two carriages contained many traders with large packages and baskets meaning that these carriages held fewer passengers than those further forward. President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo visited the scene later that morning.According to the official report 38 people were killed and over 58 wounded, although other sources put the death toll at 49 or even 70 dead. The driver of No.11 claimed that the signals were green on his approach to the station, but the subsequent enquiry found no fault with the signals, furthermore if they were obscured then the regulations state that he should have stopped his train as a preventative measure.Seven months after the crash at San Bernardo a very similar accident occurred near Santiago which killed 23 and injured 198. Again, one train ran into the rear of another in thick fog with the driver of the rear train at fault.