Accidents and Dangers

Work goes on after collapse of Phoenix processing plant, which killed six men in 1906. Rails carried carts, filled with sand, to waiting barges in Hempstead Harbor, N.Y.
Photo courtesy of Port Washington Public Library

Scene of helicopter crash at sandbank office, 1977
Photo courtesy of Frank Barker, McCormack Sand Company

Colonial Transit mix truck, disabled on side of old West Shore Road, c. 1954
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Marion 7200 drag line being operated by Billy Sherard, recovering drag line from cave-in at Colonial Sand Company, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Continuing clean-up of the Colonial Sand Company cave-in, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Another view of Colonial Sand Company cave-in and drag line being rescued, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Dominic Kline (1st engineer), Al Salerno (2nd engineer) on drag line, 1980’s
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

A flipped batch track on Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, N.Y. (dragged 18 yards), c. 1950
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Billy Sherard in bulldozer with two drag lines, under Cliff Way, Port Washington, 1960’s
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Al Salerno looking at drag line sitting in cave-in hole, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Al Salerno and oiler, Mike Luciano in cave-in hole with drag line machine, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Excavating to prepare for ramp that would allow drag line to be rescued. It took two weeks to accomplish, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Drag line hauled out of cave-in hole, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Digging out drag line from cave-in hole, 35 feet deep, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

View of slide that collapsed from cave-in, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

Bulldozer working on rescue/salvage of dragline, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno

View of retrieved drag line. Site of last cut of the bank under Cliff Way, Port Washington, 1980
Photo courtesy of Al & Lucy Salerno