Nov 2, 1918. The Brighton Beach Express, exceeding its speed limit five times over (going 30 mph) while approaching the station near theMal-bone Street tunnel at Brooklyn, jumped the tracks, killing 97 peopleand injuring 100. The supervisor-engineer, taking the place of a strikingmotorman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was tried and acquitted of charges of negligence.

Premium Members’ Login
Recent Posts
Blogiversary Spotlight: Heart of the Family
It’s time to celebrate Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal’s 16th […]Blogiversary Spotlight: Leaves & Branches
Let’s give warm congratulations to GeneaBlogger […]Blogiversary Spotlight: Like Herding Cats Genealogy
Here is a belated shout out celebrating the […]Celebrating Empty Branches on the Family Tree’s 9th Blogiversary!
Linda Stufflebean created Empty Branches on the Family […]Celebrating GeneaSpy’s 8th Blogiversary!
J. Paul Hawthorne began writing GeneaSpy on January […]