1957 Press Photo Rescuers Searching Wreckage For Survivors Lewisham Disaster

61 Killed and 200 Injured in Lewisham Rail Disaster: 61 people, were killed and more 200 injured last night, when two packed rush-hour trains crashed in the fog at Lewisham, South-East London. The rearing carrying another railway line smashed into a vidacut down onto the wreckage. Photo Shows A coach tilts on its side - and fireman crawl beneath it as the search for victims goes on last night.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 12-5-1957.

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