Nov. 26 – On this day in Montana history in 1976 a train
derailment in Belt created a holocaust in which 2 people were killed and more
than a dozen injured. The first call for help: “A train is wrecked. There’s gas
all over. .. we need help …” and the telephone line went dead. The train wreck
caused a propane tank car to explode that caused extensive fires in the
southwest section of the town and destroyed several homes and damaged many
others. “It broke windows all over town,” one person said.
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