1939 New Jersey train wreck

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Walter Brower's eyes lit up as he recalled the rain-drenched day in 1939 when he and a buddy were the first to arrive at a train wreck in the thick of the Pine Barrens.

"The cars were all over the tracks. . . . I expected to find people dead," Brower said as he recalled the Aug. 19 crash of the Blue Comet, a luxury train that had departed from Atlantic City with 47 passengers, headed for Jersey City, N.J.

For residents of the isolated area, the accident stirred the most excitement and alarm since the crash there of the Mexican airman Emilio Carranza 11 years before

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[MPicciotto]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting it.

Matt

 

[Talbot]

70th anniversary coming up soon!

 

[Rathdown]

My partner Tim is a train fanatic, and he and his wife survived a major train crash about 15 years ago. I'll have to ask him to give me the details when he come back into the office on Monday.

 

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