ZUM4866853: Aug 07, 1953 - Tube Train Crashes Off Line: A two - coach empty Underground train came off the rails at High Barnet early today. The first coach slid down the embankment, and the driver, Natorman T. Barker, was taken to hospital with shock. The second each hung over the edge of the embankment. The accident cecurred as the train was being drives into the sidings. Five trails were cancelled but normal services ran again soon afterwards / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866981: Aug. 08, 1953 - Raising the” Kronprins Frederik.: Efforts to raise the sunken Danish liner,” Kronprins Frederik, which capsized and sank after being swept by fire in April, at Harwich, are being made today. Salvage men have been working on the ship for months, and work began this morning on raising her / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866574: Aug. 03, 1953 - Crystal Palace Cycling Festival, British competitor wins 100 mile race: Photo shows J.L. Gill of the Great Britain 'A' Team-crosses the line to win the Folkestone-London 100 mile International Invitation Road Race-which ended during the Cycling Festival at Crystal Palace this afternoon. He had a comfortable win with a time of 4 hrs 16min. 31 and 4/5th sees. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866807: Aug. 06, 1953 - National Pony Society's Two-Day Show at Roehampion: Photo Shows” Poppets Penny”, the poodle, looks quite at home as he rides on the back of” Poppets Flirt”, led by Christine Shepherd, all ed whom belong to Ferriers Grange Riding School, Burgh Heath, Surrey. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4867285: Aug. 08, 1953 - Confiscated US food help rations in the Easterrn sector distributed: The American food help rations, which had been distributed to the hungry eastern population, were in many cases confiscated by Eastern” Volspolizei”. These rations were distributed in Eastern Berlin to Western unemployed, today. In the foreground of the one of the picture you can see two Eastern” Volkspolizisten” watching the distribution. The other picture shows crowds in Eastern Berlin, at the Gendarman Market. / Bridgeman Images