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1918 Malbone Street wreck remembered amid union strike talk

Original: A # scab driver on the # NYC subway during a # strike by the # BrotherhoodOfLocomotiveEngineers crashed a train on # Thi

Commentators are recalling the 1918 Malbone Street train crash in Brooklyn, the deadliest in New York transit history. During a strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an inexperienced substitute motorman with minimal training derailed a train in a tunnel curve, killing 97 and injuring 255. Posts sharing the anniversary warn against crossing picket lines, tying the century-old disaster to current labor concerns.

Why now: The anniversary of the crash is being invoked to argue that replacing striking union workers endangers public safety.

Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersNew York City subwayMalbone Street wreckBrooklyn

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• A # scab driver on the # NYC subway during a # strike by the # BrotherhoodOfLocomotiveEngineers crashed a train on # ThisDayInHistory in 1918. He had no driving experience and minimal training, and the price of that was 97 dead, 255 injured. Never cross the # union # PicketLine… · LiamOMaraIV · 18

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