I have 30,000 photos on my trash and can not empty it as it crashes. How can I delete them?

I have a MAC OSX Version 10,9,5 with iPhoto 09
It has 4GB memory
The storage has 69 GB free out of 999 GB.
578 GB of photos that I am slowly moving to an external hard drive. While moving the photos I have been deleting them from the iPhoto app without being aware that I needed to empty the trash again.
Now every time that I try to empty the trash, iPhoto crashes.
Is there a way to solve this problem?
The advice from the community would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Frustrated MAC user

iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> General
Turn off item Counts.
This has worked for some people. That said, there is a likelihood that the database will be damaged.
Are you just moving photos to the Hard Drive? Why not move the whole Library? What's your aim at the end?

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