[The most dramatic train accident in Denmark: Gentofte 1897]

One of the most dramatic train accidents in Denmark happened at a railway station close to midnight on the 11th of July 1897. Forty passengers were killed and approximately 150 people were more or less seriously wounded. Three different actors involved in the accident (a stoker of the collided engine, a journalist and a physician) have later described the scenario of the disaster according to their professional backgrounds. The principles of disaster management, the emergency response including a rather quick involvement from different types of relevant professions, the triage and the prehospital treatment of victims seemed to have been adequate according to the framework at that time. The descriptions refer shortly to the psychopathological reactions following a life threatening experience which today are well defined and described as symptoms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).