Deadly Train Collision
Collection: Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection
Date: February 18, 1950; 1950-02-18
Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension:
6 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Long Island Daily Press
Identifier: aql:32847 ldp-003054 ldp-003054.tif
Description: Rescue workers, many of them fire fighters, at the scene of a collision between two Long Island Rail Road trains, on temporary tracks east of Merrick Road. Thirty people were killed, and scores more were injured, when these two electric passenger trains collided near the banks Avenue crossing, beyond which there is a single track for both eastbound and westbound trains, because of an overhead grade-crossing project running through the middle of Rockville Centre.
Creator :
Long Island Daily Press
Date :
February 18, 1950; 1950-02-18
Summary/Description :
Rescue workers, many of them fire fighters, at the scene of a collision between two Long Island Rail Road trains, on temporary tracks east of Merrick Road. Thirty people were killed, and scores more were injured, when these two electric passenger trains collided near the banks Avenue crossing, beyond which there is a single track for both eastbound and westbound trains, because of an overhead grade-crossing project running through the middle of Rockville Centre.
Subject :
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Fire fighters
Rights :
Copyright holder unknown
Coverage :
Railroad tracks near Banks Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY Nassau County (N.Y.) Rockville Centre (N.Y.)
Type :
black and white print; digital image
Format :
gelatin silver prints; 6 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:32847 ldp-003054 ldp-003054.tif
Subject:
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Fire fighters
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Fire fighters
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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