Dagenham train crash, emergency operation to save life

Jan. 01, 1958 - Dagenham Train Crash. Doctor Performs Emergency Operation In Battle To Save Life Of Guard. Ten people lost their lives and eighty seven were injured in the train crash at Dagenham, Essex last night. A crowded passenger train crashed into the rear of another train on the busy Southend line as the last of the rush hour trains took city workers home in the dense fog. One of the many heroes of the crash was Polish born Dr. Leslie Leszczynski who performed an emergency amputation on the Guard Mr. W. Archer in the shattered rear carriage of the Southend train. Mr. Archer lost his other leg in the crash itself. Photo Shows: The scene as white coated Dr. Leslie Leszczysnki administers oxygen to Mr. Archer within a sports jacket and flannel trousers. Just beyond the ambulance man is Dr. T. Hunter who gave blood transfusions. In centre foreground can be seen the white cap of ward sister Margaret Skellet who acted as Theatre sister

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Acted Administers Ambulance Amputation Archer Assistance Coated Crashed Crowded Dagenham Dense Eighty Flannel Itself Leszczynski Oxygen Performs Save Shattered Southend Transfusions Wash

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