Norwich, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1913
BOAT TRAIN WRECKED.
One Woman Badly Injured in Accident Near Norwich.
Special to The New York Times.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 13.---Central Vermont train running from Brattleboro to New London to connect with a boat for New York, was derailed near Norwich, at 9 o'clock to-night. The locomotive left the rails and plunged down an embankment, but the cars remained on the track.
Only one passenger was badly injured. She is Mrs. Marie Cram, a nurse, residing at Norwich.
The other passengers were transferred to trolley cars and sent to New London.
The New York Times, New York, NY 14 Sept 1913
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