Rail Crash - Many Killed And Injured (1957)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Lewisham, London.
Various shots of rail disaster after bridge collapse in Lewisham, London. Disaster, collapsed bridge, firemen. Night and early morning scenes of rescuers at work - firemen, medical staff etc. Transport Commission Chief Sir Brian Robertson and Southern Region Chairman Sir Philip Warter at scene of the disaster. More shots of the rescue workers, police and medical staff at work. Ninety people died and many others injured in the crash.
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In a sense the last accident of its type; following this most trains had an in cab warning system so fog caused less difficulty spotting signals, and the effect of clean air legislation (which effectively banned coal fires in cities) was that dense fogs like this became very much rarer in London.
My mum, uncle and grandmother lived nearby in Tresillian Road at the time of the crash. My uncle rode with some ambulances, that had come from outside the area, to help direct them to the hospital in the fog. He said that some Teddy boys helped get people out, climbing over the wreckage and tearing their expensive drape jackets in the process (they were seen as rough types so their brave assistance was perceived as out of character). A major incident at the time but long forgotten by now I think.
The St John's Lewisham disaster will remain in people's memories for years to come. There is a memorial on Lewisham Station. (The eventual death roll was 90.) The driver of the steam train to Ramsgate overran signals, and trains were totally out of timetable schedules. His fireman called out, "You've got a red!" If the driver had acted more quickly, the impact could have been reduced; he had 138 yards in which to stop whilst travelling at 30 m.p.h..
@@andrewtaylor5984 The driver was put on trial twice for manslaughter, but was not convicted. AIUI, he passed two signals being unaware of the aspect they were showing.
@@simongleaden2864 I recently met someone from Ramsgate who knew Driver Trew, and I gather that he was a broken man after the collision. One rather weird fact arises from the collision. Spitfire was repaired and returned to service, but in its original form. Rebuilding of the Light Pacifics had begun early in 1957. Spitfire must have gone to a repair shop, probably Eastleigh, but was returned to service unrebuilt, and was destined to remain so, until withdrawal in 1966.
My great aunt Gladys was there in Tressillian Road too.
1 of the girls i worked with Her Dad was in one of the carriages He said the other people in the carriage looked as though they were sleeping