Troop Train Accident
Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection
Date: April 15, 1918; 1918-04-15
Material: gelatin silver print Dimension:
6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: William J. Rugen
Identifier: aql:9446 wjr-000046 wjr-000046.tif
Description: An interior view of car number 979, in the aftermath of a derailment. Eight cars of a train bearing 700 members of the 305th Infantry were overturned by a broken rail in the Long Island Railroad near Central Islip, N.Y. early in the morning on April 15, 1918. Three men were killed and thirty-seven injured. The ten-car train had left Camp Upton in Yaphank during the night and was on its way to Long Island City, the soldiers bound for overseas duty.
Creator :
William J. Rugen
Date :
April 15, 1918; 1918-04-15
Summary/Description :
An interior view of car number 979, in the aftermath of a derailment. Eight cars of a train bearing 700 members of the 305th Infantry were overturned by a broken rail in the Long Island Railroad near Central Islip, N.Y. early in the morning on April 15, 1918. Three men were killed and thirty-seven injured. The ten-car train had left Camp Upton in Yaphank during the night and was on its way to Long Island City, the soldiers bound for overseas duty.
Subject :
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Railroad cars
Relation :
This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection
Rights :
Copyright holder unknown
Coverage :
Central Islip, NY Suffolk County (N.Y.) Central Islip (N.Y.)
Type :
black and white print; digital image
Format :
gelatin silver print; 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:9446 wjr-000046 wjr-000046.tif
Subject:
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Railroad cars
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents; Railroad cars
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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