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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
2
Medical Examiner Scanlon announced an initial finding that Henry F. McMannus of Providence, the tower man in Bradford, caused the rear end collision of the Gilt Edge express with Local 633. Five dead and many injured followed the Bradford wreck.
Three inquiries into the Bradford collision proceed with a star chamber inquest led by Coroner Evertt A. Kingsley. Dead total five with 85 to 40 injured. witnesses include Bradford towerman John E. McCluskey and engineer Donald M. Wetherbee. investigation expands to Public Utilities Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission.
Boston Post publishes an extra edition with a Bradford Rhode Island wreck photo. The timeline shows a rapid news race from 9:20 p.m. arrival to 6:12 a.m. first extra copy, revealing more casualties than officials initially stated and noting wires at Bradford station and the fire spreading from wreckage to the station.
The Post staff reporters and a photographer staged a daring 170 mile auto race on bad roads and through dense fog as part of covering a story about the Gift Edge express crash into the local Bradford New London. The workers shattered the studio and engravers departments while sending the latest news in the paper’s huge daily issue.
An hour and a half wait for an escape by car from Providence to Bradford, over 40 miles away, followed by a four-reporter and photographer sprint. Ed ward J. Dunn, David P. Shea, Alfred W. Cullis, Herbert L. Baldwin and John A. Moley rushed to cover the story. The trek proceeded through bad roads and thick fog as the minutes ticked by.
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