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29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash:

29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash:
Clip: 350450_1_1
Year Shot: 1950 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1541
Original Film: 023-328-01
HD: N/A
Location: NEW YORK
Timecode: 00:14:47 - 00:16:05

29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash: Scenes of death and terror in wake of worst railroad disaster in city's history. Twenty-nine are dead and hundreds injured as two Long Island railroad commuter trains crash head-on at night. The two front cars of the train are sheared in half by the impact. The rescue team remove the dead and the injured.