Train Crash: Eight-Two Killed Five Hundred Injured

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2082

Date Released

12 Feb 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Train Crash: Eight-Two Killed Five Hundred Injured
2. 2Reports in Brief: Stop Press
3. 3Reports in Brief: Stop Press
4. 4Reports in Brief: Stop Press
5. 5Reports in Brief: Stop Press
6. 6Reports in Brief: Stop Press
7. 7India Opens Her "Wembley"
8. 8Meat, for the Love of Allah [Sic]

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

Harrowing scenes at Woodbridge, twenty-five miles out of New York. Five coaches toppled over embankment as temporary bridge collapsed. Ambulance crews and volunteers work through night to recover dead and rescue injured.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

New Jersey

Library number

19281

Length of story (in feet)

151

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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