CRASH INTO PETROL CAR
New York Express Train Derailed
THIRTY-SEVEN INJURED Rec. 8 p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 5. At least 37 persons were injured near Erie, Pennsylvania, today when the New York Centra) express, running at 80 miles an hour, slammed into a derailed petrol tank car which exploded with a brilliant flash. "It was just like a block-buster going off,” said a former bomber pilot who was driving near the scene of the accident.
Flaming petrol was sprayed over the 14 carriages of the express. The first of the two Diesel locomotives overturned and 11 carriages were derailed. Only the all-steel construction of the carriages prevented a heavier casualty toll.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501007.2.92
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 27514, 7 October 1950, Page 7
Word Count
111CRASH INTO PETROL CAR Otago Daily Times, Issue 27514, 7 October 1950, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in