Mrs. F.S. Converse, a former resident of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY] and later of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], died at Wellsville, Oct. 23, 1944. The body was brought to Bainbridge, where arrangements for burial in Mt. Upton Cemetery were made by Colwell Brothers. The service was held on Thursday at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter officiating. Mrs. Converse was an aunt of Mrs. Herman Newell and a cousin of Mrs. Clara Price and Miss Harriett Jaquins. She attended school in the Bainbridge Academy in 1878. Before her illness she was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church in Binghamton. [Bainbridge News & Republican November 2, 1944]
A Sidney correspondent says that Leon Bowman, 58, dropped dead Saturday while sitting in a chair in the office of Dr. Fred Elliott. He is survived by his wife, Clara Stevens Bowman. He had lived in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] for several years. He lived on a small farm and for the last 10 years had worked in Stevens general store at Masonville. the funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Masonville Federated Church, with burial in Masonville. [Bainbridge News & Republican, November 16, 1944]
Raymond Frank Tuckey died suddenly at his home at New Berlin Junction [Chenango Co., NY] shortly after noon Monday, Nov. 6. The previous Saturday, he fell while caring for his chickens, and had not felt well since. On Monday morning, while he was carrying a bag of feed, he suffered a severe pain in his chest--a physician was called but he lived only a few hours. A native of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], he was born Jan. 3, 1907, the son of William A and Maude L. (Barstow) Tuckey, of Sidney. He married Miss Dorothy Rowe, of Sidney. After living in Sidney for 17 years, he moved to New Berlin Junction about four months ago. He had been employed at the Scintilla in Sidney for 18 years. Surviving are his wife and daughter, Louise Tuckey; his parents, three brothers, Floyd and William, of Sidney, ad Clifford, of Tuscon, Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Thursday afternoon at Colwell's Chapel, Bainbridge at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery , Bainbridge. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 16, 1944]
Two Section Employees Fatally Injured
As Motor Work Car Strikes O.&W. Train
Norwich Sun, October 22, 1928
Two men are dead, another is at the Chenango Memorial Hospital seriously hurt, while a fourth escaped with minor injuries, near Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Saturday night, when the motorized hand car on which the four were riding crashed into the rear of O.&W. passenger train No. 1, northbound and which the hand car was following.
The dead are:
Earl H. Eastwood of Guilford, 39 years old, who succumbed to his injuries at the Norwich station, before he could be removed to the hospital in the Breese ambulance.
Charles Reynolds, also of Guilford, aged 22 years, who died at 9:45 Sunday morning at the hospital. He suffered a broken back, broken ribs, puncture of lungs and internal injuries. His body was paralyzed from his hips down, but he remained conscious for several hours after the accident.
The injured are:
Frank Reynolds, 37 years old, brother of the former victim, and Earl Palmer. The latter is said to have jumped just a second before the collision, landing in a ditch by the side of the track, and was only bruised on his legs and arms.
Reynolds suffered from a fractured left hip, broken ribs and uncertain chest injuries. It was stated he was improved at the hospital Monday morning. Palmer was not confined at the hospital, but is at his home in Guilford. All four men were members of the O.&W. section gang of which Austin Bourn is foreman and were working out of Guilford. Mr. Bourn's wife died a few days ago and he was not working Saturday, the gang being in charge of Eastwood who is said to have been operating the motor hand car.
Investigations of the accident reveals that all four men had waited with their hand car at a switch south of Parker station until train 1 had passed. This is said to have been their custom almost daily. After train 1 had gone by the men placed their speeder on the main track and began to follow train one to Guilford, where all four lived. Parker station is about two miles south of Guilford and is at the apex of a sharp curve, this curve extending both to the north and south of the deport for at least a city block. Train one in charge of conductor L. C. Boyser of Utica and Engineer Chester VanDermark of Middletown, ran past Parker station, a flag stop and had backed up to discharge a passenger.
Due to the strong north wind blowing at the time, all four section men are reported to have had their backs partially to train one, and were unaware that the train they were following had stopped and backed up to Parker station. The car was traveling at a fair rate of speed and although train one, it is said, had ceased to back up, and the members of the train crew shouted to the men on the on-rushing speeder, the victims failed to hear the warning, the motor car crashing into the rear of the passenger coach.
All four were thrown some distance, and were picked up and taken aboard train one and brought to the Norwich station of the O.&W. Dr. A.H. Evans accompanied them to Norwich, and Dr. W.E. Haritgan was called to attend them at the hospital. Eastwood died before he could be removed to the ambulance, and Dr. E.W. Wilcox, coroner, was called, and gave directions that the body be given in charge of Undertaken Geo. J. Devine of this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. Eastwood suffered a fracture of the skull and multiple fractures of the legs and arms. He was born in Chadwicks, N.Y., and had been an employee of the O.&W. for 16 years. Besides his wife he leaves three sons, Francis, Kenneth and Harold; also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Eastwood, North Guilford; a brother, William of Rock Royal, and a sister, Mrs. Alonzo DeVee, Oxford. A private prayer service is to be held at the late home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, and funeral services are to be held in the M.E. church at Guilford at 2 o'clock, Rev. F.S. Crispel, and Rev. J.W. Bump officiating with burial in White cemetery at North Guilford.
The body of Charles Reynolds was taken in charge by Carr & Hare of Sidney, but funeral arrangements have not been made. The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.
The tragedy marks the third person to be killed on the O.&W. railroad since October 3. The first victim was Adelbert Peckham, Smyrna farmer, struck at a grade crossing. Train one figured in this crash, and Conductor L.C. Boyser was in charge of the train at the time of both fatalities.
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