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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
7
Eyewitness account from Peter Mueller describes a wreck near North Haven with victims and rescuers including William Rowland, a Philadelphia broker, and Dr Robert Goodyear. Women passengers are highlighted for courage as scenes of tragedy unfold with doctors and hospital aid mobilized.
Anna details immediate aid and many dead and injured after a terrible wreck at Miller's crossing. Doctors like Dr. Gold Higgins aided amid mangled remains while passengers scattered to assist and morphine eased pain. A coroner’s office later counted 20 dead and seriously injured.
From New Haven, Sept 2, accounts tell how doctors, citizens and especially women aided the injured after a fatal wreck that killed over twenty and maimed many more. Among the survivors, Miss Helen Hines of Philadelphia staggered from the chaos with a scratched face and a limp hand, assisted by a quick passerby.
Miss Hines and Miss Anna Goodyear aided victims after a fatal train wreck near North Haven. Dr. Robert Goodyear, North Haven medical examiner, arrived within 20 minutes and continued aid at hospitals in New Haven amid the grisly scene.
Brewster Rhoads, a Bar Harbor wreck survivor from 4512 Chestnut Street, described the scene from the fifth car rear as the train collided. He said women tore underskirts to fashion bandages for wounded men and denied there was dense fog, noting a signal set at red.
A passenger details a brutal wreck involving fell telegraph wires, mangled bodies, and cars crushed by heavy engines. He praises surviving women for aiding the injured and describes the chaotic recovery as wrecking crews and medical aid arrived, with bodies laid in a melon patch and taken to New Haven.
Albert Green 21, son of jeweler Asher Green, died in the New Haven wreck while a Monmouth NH camp instructor. The boy campers aided by giving first aid, preparing bandages, fetching water, and aiding wounded until doctors arrived hours later, under instructor David Dunn and Yale football man Mooney reported.
Relatives identify a dead woman from the New Haven wreck as likely Mrs F B Rutter of Scranton. The Rutter couple were returning from a Maine vacation when the tragedy occurred. Mrs Rutter’s father A F Law, former Temple Coal & Tron Company president, is cited as next of kin.
William Port, who stabbed his wife four times at their Winthrop Avenue Beachmont home last week, was arraigned in Chelsea court yesterday on a charge of assault with intent to kill.
A historical roll of railway wrecks lists dates and locations across Connecticut and nearby states from June 12, 1911 to June 12, 1913. Notable incidents include Fairfield four dead on June 12, 1911 and Westport nine killed fifty injured on October 3, 1912, with multiple towns reporting injuries or fatalities.
Interstate Commerce inspectors rushed to Wallingford to lead a rail accident inquiry after the Bar Harbor express wreck. Two wooden cars were crushed, wreckage set afire by road workers, while the engine 1337 and other cars were moved to destinations.
President Wilson passed through New Haven at 9:50 pm en route from Cornish to Washington. His Federal express train was delayed. he viewed the Bar Harbor express wreckage as it burned along the route. Accompanying him was Francis Bowes Sayre, bound for his November marriage to Miss Jessie Wilson.
Dr. Fenbrook of the State Board of Health and Dr. Dunn of Boston were summoned to Brockton today to assist local physicians in efforts to stem the progress of infantile paralysis.
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