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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1912

Page

6

Harrowing Wreck Scalding Passengers in Boston Train Crash

In Boston on an August day in 1912 a locomotive accident left cars piling into a wreck site. Passengers, rescuers and six priests aided the injured while doctors and medical examiners attended the dead. Mrs. Frank Chandler endured a brutal rescue after both legs were crushed.

Boston D. J. Harrington Thomas McGuire F. W. Moore Waters Bernard J. Bradley St. Mary’s Seminary Emmetsburg Maryland Cape Frank Chandler Weymouth Murphy

Singular Escapes Mark Boston Train Wreck Rescue

Conductor Lincoln survived a dramatic wreck scene as the engine derailed on the Boston line. Brakeman Stanley Blanchard suffered a scalp wound while aiding others. Miss MacDonald and Mrs Jenkins were trapped under debris. both were later taken to Grace Hospital. Rescue efforts, including clergy aid, saved many as physicians arrived.

Tirrell Campbell South Braintree Stanley Blanchard W. W. Nason Nason George Scully Dorchester Avenue Boston E. J. Isthier Stamford Conn Grace Hospital Frank Jenkins Billings Street Atlantic Lillie Jenkins T. J. Morgan New York City

Serious Injuries Reported At Grace Hospital

A list of patients treated at Grace Hospital includes Franklin Jones of East Street Hingham with a scalp wound and back sprain Annie Brennock Cohas set with multiple injuries and Mrs E J Ethier Stamford Conn with multiple injuries James H Brown Mattapan with a left leg fracture Mary Murphy Sandy Cove Cohasset burns and several others with contusions fractures burns and crushed limbs. Some patients are noted at Relief Hospital and Dr Bussey's Hospital with various injuries.

Richard Bradford Kilby Street Hingham Boston Annie Hodges John Tower George W. Tower South Hingham Sarah Smith Grafton Avenue East Milton Franklin Jones East Street Annie Brennock Cohasset E. J. Ethier Lawn Street Stamford Conn L. F. Kildrain Furnace Brook Parkway E. Quincy John K. Ruggles Edward Street Quincy Mathew Sheehan Bates Avenue W. Quincy Thomas A. R. Roche Co. Kasset Mary Robertson State Street E. Milton Warren Jacobs T. J. Morgan West One Hundred and Forty-second Street New York City James H. Brown Tremont Street Mattapan Mary T. Murphy Sandy Cove Burns George H. Lowe Dover Street Wellesley Nellie Brewer Crow Point Frank Chandler Summer Street Weymouth Oscanston Godfrey North Street Cecil H. Marble Atlantic Marie J. Bullen Bessie Drinkwater Elm Street Braintree Ellen Wall Jerusalem Road DR. Bussey’s Hospital Howard C. Alley Mary Buckminster

Locomotive plunges down embankment after derailment

A train traveling at 35 miles per hour on a curve near Locust Avenue playgrounds derailed when the engine leapt from the rails and slid 50 feet along the roadbed before tumbling down a ten foot embankment. The tender buckled free of a passenger coach and landed atop the overturned engine.

Locust Avenue

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Gian In Locust Street Columbia Road Bridge Dorchester Boston Hospital W. R. Tuincoln William J. Gallivan J. J. O’brien William Tirrell, Jr Frank Campbell Edward Murphy St. Monca's Dorchester Street Chmilinski Father Brokiewicz St. Mary's Polish Church South Boston Father Kearney Kingston Boston Street Chickering William F. Maher NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Lincoln John Dorsey City Point Williams’. Maher Edison Green L Street Columbia Road Maher Miss MacDonald Boy Lillie Jenkins Mrs. Morgan Mrs. Jenkins Carney Hospital Morgan Mr. Jenkins Florence MacDonald Centre Street Jamaica Plain James Blake A. A. Blunt St. Johnsbury Henry S. Thayer Chris Nicholson East Weymouth J. Reardon Pearl Street George Lowe Edward P. Murphy St. Monica’s Church Frederick Chandler Father Murphy Margaret Robertson Daniel J. Griffin of Hingham Massachusetts Catherine James Sophia Blunt Margaret Terry Fred Chambers Cedar Street North Weymouth Edith Farrell Otis Street John Burke Common Street George Butter Antonio de Mae E. Weymouth Daniel Gaffney Jessie Green Broad Street Flora McDonald Elliot C. Pierce Commercial Street Sarah Stephens W. R. James Helen Blanche James George Bullen John T. Forde Granite Place Katherine McCormick Elliot Street Hattie Nash Front Street J. N. Podrasnik Monessen Penn J. O. Yager Lowell Street Thomas South Ellen Cain South Weymouth Antonio de Lucca George Butler Boothby Hospital Wendell Clapp Daugh North Vincent Reardon C Street Harry Hinckley Faxon Road Edwardton Eat E. Milton Aton Street Rs. Fish Eaton Street Marie Monahan Raritan Edgehill Road Percy E. Sheldon Adams Street S. Mion Louis + Gosslin Bunti Place
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