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Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Nov 25 10:12:23 2015 Babylon train hits Hempstead train in Richmond Hill. 78 killed |
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Posted by murray1575 on Wed Nov 25 11:16:59 2015, in response to Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Nov 25 10:12:23 2015. 1950 was a horrible year on the LIRR as there were two other major wrecks, one in Huntington (the last involving two steam powered trains on the LIRR) and the other on the western edge of Rockville Centre. There were injuries but no fatalities in the Huntington wreck and 31 deaths and 159 injuries in the Rockville Centre wreck which was one of the worst in LIRR history until the Richmond Hill/Kew Gardens accident which occurred on 11/22/50. |
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The Daily News article Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Nov 25 13:09:51 2015, in response to Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Nov 25 10:12:23 2015. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/lirr-train-plowed-rear-1950-article-1.2431602 |
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Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by HART BUS on Wed Nov 25 13:18:06 2015, in response to Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by murray1575 on Wed Nov 25 11:16:59 2015. Wasn't there also a wreck somewhere in the Central Islip area around this time. I remember reading an account of the wreck wherein Suffolk was so sparsely populated that rescue services were overhelmed.Shyster Sidney Siben, was at the scene handing out his card to the injured before the ambulances arrived. Talk about ambulance chasing ! |
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Posted by murray1575 on Wed Nov 25 15:16:17 2015, in response to Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by HART BUS on Wed Nov 25 13:18:06 2015. I don't know since I wasn't around then. Train accidents weren't that uncommon in those days due to the primitive nature of the equipment and lack of maintenance by the LIRR due to its poor financial condition which mirrored that of its parent the PRR. Penn Station also became very run down in that era despite being (and still is) the busiest railway station in North America. Thankfully today the LIRR is a much safer railroad. |
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Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 25 16:59:56 2015, in response to Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by Jeff Rosen on Wed Nov 25 10:12:23 2015. What a terrible start to the holiday season that was....thanks for the reminder. |
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Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Nov 26 10:37:52 2015, in response to Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by murray1575 on Wed Nov 25 11:16:59 2015. Sandy Koufax's parents usually took that very train that was involved in the Rockville Centre crash. That day they just missed it. Someone was looking out for them. |
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Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Nov 26 13:27:55 2015, in response to Re: Thanksgiving eve 65 years ago, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Nov 26 10:37:52 2015. Yes. Coincidence. |
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