A July 4 train crash near Corning and Elmira in 1912 killed 39 people
On July 4, 1912, the worst rear-end collision in railroading history at the time happened three miles east of Corning. Thirty-nine people were killed.
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On July 4, 1912, the worst rear-end collision in railroading history at the time happened three miles east of Corning. Thirty-nine people were killed.
industry. .. >> but to start at the beginning , could you talk a bit about your father in france and his publishing venture which began, as i understand it, that began the schriffrin publishing dynasty. >> well, i was going to go back over the 50 years i've been in publishing. if you want to start talking about my father, you go back a century which is perhaps a little bit more than everybody here needs to know about. certainly, publishing has changed in the years, and if you look at 1920 when my father started, that was just another world altogether. he worked very closely with a lo...