1957 Press Photo Wreckage London Rail Disaster Lewisham Train Car

61 Die In Rail Disaster in London More Bodies Are Still Trapped In Wreckage: 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 The Wreckage of the guards van of the Electric train with the collapsed Viaduct on the right.

Photo measures 8.25 x 6 inches.

Photo is dated 12-5-1957.

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