Fatal rear-end train wreck near Mansfield shocks region
A Providence train rear-ended by a faster section near Mansfield caused a wreck injuring many and killing two. Engineers and crew escaped, passengers including a woman in a bicycle suit perished. Rescue efforts, medical teams, and priests aided the injured as scenes of devastation unfolded at the Canton Sharon area station.
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Mandiflin
Newport
Mansfield
Providence
Canton Junction
Boston
Sharon
Ashe
Cole
William Levalley
East Boston
Waters
Fitspatrick
Georgianna Hampton
Father McKeon
Canton
Kiley
Stoughton
Post
Father Riley
City Hospital Receives Word of Terrible Accident
At the City Hospital the cashier Frye is the most seriously wounded. Little Margaret Grimshaw is hailed as a heroine. Other cases are reported as the hospital receives the news of the terrible accident.
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Park Square
Dewey
Charles W. Frye
Bellingham Avenue
Revere
Frye
Central National Bank of Boston
Burleigh N. Crockett
Morrison Street
West Somerville
Margaret N. Grimshaw
Somerville
Della Brennan
South Boston
Wreck Tragedy and Narrows Escape at Providence Depot
James E. Murray a surveyor from East Boston survived a railroad wreck with severe facial injury after the cowcatcher nearly struck him. Ambulances and medical staff rushed from the Emergency Hospital to aid victims, but only one patient was admitted. Murray had just returned from New York where he photographed the naval parade.
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Ross
Canton
Newport Express
Boston
Providence
James 8. Murray
East Bostom
Murray
New York
Wounded Arrive at Park Square Amid Sharon Wreck Response
Immense crowd gathered at Providence Station to greet trains carrying victims of the Sharon wreck. About 600 people lined the Providence street entrance as the first police ambulance arrived at the depot.
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Park Square
Providence
Sharon
Providence Street
Providence Depot
Train wreck at Sharon draws thousands awaiting veterans
A train carrying dying and injured from a Sharon accident crowds the station as locals expect soldiers returning from Cuba. The scene features grieving spectators, improvised crowd control, and rapid hospital response with ambulances and medical staff.
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Sharon
Cuba
Hulbert
Tragic Fitzpatrick Family Tragedy In Boston
Inestimably sad tale of the Fitzpatrick family as a grandmother dies while a child Mary's guardian and uncle are injured in a fatal or near fatal incident en route to Boston. Father William J. Fitzpatrick, a master plumber, and uncle James A. Fitzpatrick, near forty, are named with family addresses in Boston and Sharon Heights.
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Fitzpatrick
Boston Row
Massachusetts General Hospital
Les
William J. Fitzpatrick
Little Mary
Pemberton Square
Boston
Sharon Heights
Charlestown
James A. Fitzpatrick
Mary
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Huntington Avenue
Fitzpatrick Family Involved In West Springfield Incident
The report notes the Fitzpatrick family residents at The Corner Grocery Store on Parker Hill and Huntington Avenues near 215 West Springfield Street. It mentions mother of William and James Fitzpatrick, their sister Hannah, and Timothy J. Fitzpatrick, with James A. stated as injured. Continued on Page 5.
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Parker Hill and
Huntington Avenues
Springfield Street
William and
James Fitzpatrick
Hannah A. Fitzpatrick
Timothy J. Fitzpatrick
James A
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Centinarc
Ald
Dene
Lavelley
Margaret O’connor
Billerica Street
Roxbury
C. Peter Clark
George B. Holtham
Readville
Mr. Holtham
Medical Examiner
Sturtevant of
Hyde
Park
Mons
Margaret Grimshaw
Clark Down
Franklin Waters
Gail Borden
EAGLE
Taxi
Weant Nealth
Star Free
Wewvoan Convinsto Max CO. H
James Murray
Street Commissioner’s Office
Los Angeles Coo
Summer St
Philadelphia
Bestgen CO
Borders
Loweat Rasors
Fitzpatricks
The
American Wringer Co
Franklin Street
Mass
I'ree
Robinson's
Dock Sq
Washington St
First Statesman
Second Statesman
Best Opticians
Hanover St. Sto.e
Jomo Wilson
Tremont Row
Wilson Brothers
Hanover ST
Patric Pi i
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