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Weegee Daily… August 18, 1941… Excursion Ship Stampede…

August 18, 2013
1941, Weegee Daily

PM Newspaper, 1941
PM Daily, August 18, 1941, pp. 16-17

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New York Daily News, August 18, 1941

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New York Post, August 18, 1941

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New York Herald Tribune, August 18, 1941

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New York Times, August 18, 1941

Not surprisingly every paper covered this tragedy, even the Post. The Times coverage might have been the second best…

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Google maps and street view, West 132nd St.

PM Newspaper, 1941
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Tragic comparison…

To be continued…