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1947 Thick fog causes train crash at Croydon
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0:50Now PlayingDate: 27th October 1947
Location: South Croydon
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Southern Train Crash in the Fog
ENGLAND: South London: Borough of Croydon: Croydon:
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CRASHES - TRAIN Train crash near South Croydon on Southern. Worst for 2 years. Heavy death-roll. Thick fog the cause
RAILWAY Southern train crash. in thick fog. just outside South Croydon.
Railways; Disasters and Accidents; Weather
casualties, fatalities, locomotive, collision, derailment
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