ZUM4836850: Apr. 04, 1953 - Three Feared Dead As Homes Sink Into Rail Tunnel Near Manchester: Three people were believed to have lost their lives - when three houses collapsed into the railway tunnel, known locally as” Black Harry” - over which they had been built in Temple drive, near Swinton, near Manchester, today.. The tunnel had been used as an ammunition dump during the war / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4837276: Apr. 07, 1953 - Detective remove chimney at the house of Death. work on roof in Rillington Place: Blue - overalled detectives today made a brick by brick interior examination of the chimney stack of No.10. Rillington place, Notting Hill, where the remains of two unidentified women were found in the garden ten days ago. The search of the stack followed a probe of the chimney with a stick. The stick met with resistance so it was decided to make further investigation there / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4837410: Apr. 09, 1953 - Royal wedding in Luxembourg: In a colourful ceremony today Prince Jean of Luxembourg married Princess Josephine Charlotte of the Belgians in Luxembourgs 13th century cathedral. The cathedral wedding was preceeded by a civil wedding in the d ~ cal palace / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4837482: Apr. 09, 1953 - Nine Now Dead in Tube Disaster. Nine people were known today to have died in the Central Line Tube disaster at Stratford last night, the worst in the London Underground? s history. Keystone Photo Shows: There is grim tragedy on their faces as railway workers, firemen and ambulance men carry a stretcher case along the platform at Stratford today. As the stretcher is carried to an ambulance a nurse holds a bottle giving the victim a blood transfusion. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4837565: Apr. 10, 1953 - The Wrecked Trains of the Underground Crash. The wreckage of the Underground trains which crashed at Stratford on Wednesday evening, with the lost of nine lives, have been taken to sidings at Layton. Keystone Photo Shows: Sorting some of the clothing of victims inside the second coach of the Epping Train at Leyton this morning. This was the coach in which the nine people were killed. / Bridgeman Images