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Thirty-six of the cars, each laden with 120 tons of coal left the rails in the accident which occurred at 06:30. At least one struck the house in Bloomington, Maryland. The force of the impact pushed the house off its foundations. A teenage boy was killed in the impact. His body was found in the destroyed living room after a search lasting for about 12 hours using sniffer dogs. The teenager's mother was seriously injured. Her eighteen year old daughter and a man and his daughter recieved less serious injuries. The cause of the derailment is unknown.
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