1957 Press Photo 61 Die and 200 Injured in Lewisham Rail Disaster

61 Killed and 200 injured in Lewisham Rail Disaster.: 61 people were killed and more than 200 injured last night, when two packed rish-hour trains crashed in the fog at Lwesham, South-East London, last night. The rearing wreckage of the trains smashed into a viaduct carrying another railway line and brought the viaduct carrying another railway line and brought the viaduct down onto the wreckage. Photo shows with hastily applied bandages, less seriously injuured passengers are helped tothe top of the embankment after the crash last night. One sits on a fence and watches the others. Somewhere below them is the wreck.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 12-12-1957.

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