What the records say
- When
- 1 Nov 1918
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.66° N, 73.96° W
- Description
- 1918 rapid transit railroad accident in New York
- Deaths
- 97
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn, New…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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