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1906 Atlantic City train wreck
The 1906 Atlantic City train wreck occurred in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Sunday October 28, 1906, when a West Jersey and Seashore Railroad electric train fell off a draw (swing) bridge, drowning 53 people.〔Haine〕〔Bianculli〕〔Reed〕
==Accident==
The newly constructed bridge crossed The Thoroughfare, a creek separating Atlantic City from the mainland. On Sunday, October 28, 1906 the bridge had been opened to allow a small vessel to pass. The signals protecting the bridge were interlocked, meaning that the signals only showed clear after the bridge was back in place for rail operation.
At 2.20 pm the first eastbound train, which had left Camden an hour earlier,〔http://www3.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/1162/atlantic-city,-nj-electric-train-wreck,-oct-1906 ''New York Times'', 29 Oct 1906〕 attempted to cross, but as it moved onto the bridge at a speed of 40 mph it derailed. After bumping along the ties (sleepers) for a few seconds the first two cars plunged 15 feet into the water. With doors shut and connecting doors closed, the passengers had very little chance to escape. The trailing car remained hanging from the bridge super-structure for a brief time before slipping into the water. The brakeman traveling in this third car rushed to open the rear door as soon as the train left the rails, and held it open to allow many passengers to escape, with only one or two escaping from the first two cars. Both men and women broke windows in attempts to get free, several returning selflessly to rescue others as well as themselves.〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=38&dat=19061029&id=NnM6AAAAIBAJ&sjid=FCoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1602,4757719 ''St John Sun'', Monday October 29, 1906〕 It was to the rear car that rescue efforts were soon directed, both from boats and from ropes let down from the bridge.
A crowd of between 5,000 and 10,000 gathered within 30 minutes, many of whom had been expecting the arrival of relatives and friends on the train, the terminal being but a short distance away.〔 Fortunately 14 passengers had left the train at the previous stop, Pleasantville, but in all 53 people drowned in the tragedy.〔
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