Lewisham rail disaster, SE London
Dec. 12, 1957 - Tragic rush-hour train crash in Lewisham - London more than forty dead: More than forty people are feared to have lost their lives by the crash of a steam train from Cannon Street to Deal - into the rear of the 5-18 electric train from Charing Cross to Hayes soon after 6 p.m. in dense fog just outside St. John's Station, Lewisham. Part of the wreckage crashed into the supports of a flyover bringing part of it down on to the crashed trains. Photo shows Fireman - police and rescue workers struggle to release victims in the light of flares in the dense fog this evening
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13184180
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46930627
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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