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Re: (erielack) Burial Along the Railroad

I am going to be from Missouri on this one.  I checked the Railway Age for 
March and early April 1935 and found no mention of a derailment on the 
Syracuse Line.  I then checked the DOT ICC listing of derailments which 
shows most serious (fatal and otherwise incidents) for 1935.  The DL&W had 
two incidents investigated by the ICC in 1935:
   19 Jan 1935 Newton NJ 1 employee killed account derailment caused by open 
switch.
   29 Jan 1935 Harrison NJ 79 passengers and 14 empoloyees shaken up in a 
rear-end collision involving two electric MU trains.
   I also checked the DL&W's Annual Report for 1935 and it made no mention 
of any derailment.  Ditto for Taber's DL&W in the Twentieth Century.
   I would further comment that the alleged burial of this woman next to the 
right-of-way is most unlikely given the date and state.  Laws providing for 
coroners, autopsies, etc. had been on the books for most of the Twentieth 
Century.
     If there was an incident I think a lot more research is needed to pin 
it down.

>From: "Joshua K. Blay" <joshuakblay_@_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Joshua K. Blay" <joshuakblay_@_hotmail.com>
>To: NYSW_@_yahoogroups.com, erielack@railfan.net
>Subject: (erielack) Burial Along the Railroad
>Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:44:25 -0500
>
>On March 38, 1935 about a mile north of Homer, NY a DL&W passenger train
>struck a cow and derailed four cars.  Two passengers were killed, one
>instantly when a seat broke loose, fatally injuring her.  A gentleman was
>severely injured and died at the scene.  The man's body was sent home,
>Syracuse area.  The woman was buried adjacent to the tracks.
>
>I wonder if a crew that works/worked on the Syracuse branch has seen a 
>trace
>of this.  Also wonder how common this was, a burial right beside the
>railroad when an accident happend.
>
>Joshua
>
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