Train Smash on New York Elevated [Railway]. Carriages Telescoped and Many Injured

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

978

Date Released

5 Aug 1920

Stories in this Issue:

1. Pangbourne Nautical College. Lady Owen Phillips Presents the Prizes to the Successful Competitors
2. Felling Giant Chimney Stacks Near Glasgow, by Hunter, Stevenson and Co. Boring, Charging, Firing and Crash!
3. Train Smash on New York Elevated [Railway]. Carriages Telescoped and Many Injured
4. Worthing Hospital Carnival. Procession of Decorated Cars
5. National Eisteddfod at Barry. The ‘Gorsedd’ Procession of Sun Worshippers
6. Cowes Royal Regatta. His Majesty’s Yacht ‘Britannia’ Getting Ready. King, Queen, Princess Mary and Duke of York, Aboard.

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 3 / 6
Summary: Wrecked carriage; same is shunted away; jostling crowd; fire engine ladders leading up to elevated railway.
Keywords: Accidents and disasters
Library number GR: 4048
Length of story (in feet): 46

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'Train Smash on New York Elevated [Railway]. Carriages Telescoped and Many Injured', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 978, 5 Aug 1920. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/78010 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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