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Lewisham rail disaster, SE London

Dec. 12, 1957 - Rescue Work Goes On In The Lewisham Rail Crash Engineers Shore Up The Fly-Over Bridge The death toll has now reached 92 in Wednesday night's Lewisham Rail Crash. Rescuers have toiled all night under arc lights and early this morning engineers are trying to raise the wrecked bridge to drag clear the coach on which the full weight of the fly-over bridge fell. Photo Shows:- The first clear picture of the disaster is shown in this picture of the fly-over bridge which collapsed on one of the wrecked trains

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13184182
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46930640
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5575px x 4371px (1.5MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Clear Collapsed Drag Fly-over Lewisham Raise Reached Rescuers Toiled Toll Wednesday Wrecked


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