Lewisham rail disaster, SE London
Dec. 12, 1957 - 61 killed and 200 injured in Lewisham rail disaster: 61 people were killed and more than 200 injured last night, when two packed rush-hour trains crashed in the fog at Lewisham, South East London, last night. The rearing wreckage of the trains smashed into a viaduct down onto the wreckage. Photo shows with hastily applied bandages, less seriously injured passengers are helped to the top of the embankment after the crash last night. One sits on a fence and watches the others, Somewhere below them is the wreck
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13184066
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46929872
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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