Jamaica's Worst Train Accident

Witness History

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A train carrying day-trippers crashed in September 1957 near the small town of Kendal, Jamaica. More than 200 passengers died and over 700 were injured. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to Earl Clarke, who was 14 years old when he survived the accident. Photo: (Alamy)

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1:10.0	told by the people who were there I'm Mike Mike Lanchin. And today I'm taking you back to September of
1:15.9	1957 and the worst ever train accident in Jamaica. More than 200 passengers lost their lives and another 700 were injured in the fatal crash which
1:27.0	occurred near a small town called Kendall.
1:30.2	I've been hearing from one man who was on the train that day.
1:34.0	It's the summer of 1957 and in Kingston the capital of Jamaica.
1:47.0	14 year old Earl Clark has just heard that his local church is organizing a day trip by train to the coastal town of Montego Bay.
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