soon 100th anniversary of a serious NYC subway wreck

Oct 05, 2018 02:22


NYC trivia: Nov 1 will be the 100 year anniversary of a subway wreck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbone_Street_Wreck
The Malbone Street Wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line Accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred November 1, 1918, on ( Read more... )

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sabotlours October 5 2018, 13:46:07 UTC
Interesting disaster history. It's amazing how many died in major transportation disasters in the US in the past. We also just past the 100th anniversary of the Eastland disaster in Chicago. It's hard to believe that a boat in a rather small river could capsize and kill almost 900 people.

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