As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 Bethlehem train wreck

1 day of original coverage, September 27, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.

Monday, September 27, 1926

The 1926 Bethlehem train wreck

As printed: Jersey Central Flyer Ploughs Through Lehigh Limited at Cross-Over of Two Roads at Bethlehem, Pa.

ContextThe Lehigh Valley and the Central Railroad of New Jersey were competing eastern lines whose tracks crossed at grade in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about fifty miles north of Philadelphia. Steel passenger coaches were then replacing wooden ones on American railroads.

New Britain Herald · New Britain, Connecticut · page 1 · View the page at the Library of Congress
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