Picture No | 10237676 |
Date | October 24th 1947 |
Description | The Croydon rail Collision |
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The Croydon electric train collison of October 24th 1947: A view of the trains after the accident. Coach floors were torn up and some victim killed by the live rail. The accident occured outside South Croydon station. 31 people were killed and 60 were injured.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 1 November 1947, page 481 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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