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Dalton, MA Trolley Wreck, Feb 1910 - Dead & Injured

The Dead.

Miss. BESSIE RYAN

The Injured.

H. E. Whitaker, overseer in Dalton
Frank K[illegible – possibly Kinney or Kinzey] mechanic in Pittsfield, collar bone broken and bruises about head and [illegible].
A[illegible – might be Anthony] E. Me[illegible]an, [might be Metzan] head, leg and face bruises, [illegible].
Patrick Cahill, bruises and shock.
David [illegible] collarbone broken, bruised and [illegible]
Miss Kitty Burns, bruises and shock.
Miss Mary Burns, face, head and ears cut and bruised.
Miss Mary Blake, shock.
[illegible] Douherty, bruised and cut.
Miss A[illegible – might be Alice] Cahill, right arm broken near shoulder, left hand hurt.
Frank C. Lord, ear split, face and neck cut and bruised.
David A. Butler, back wrenched.
Patrick Butler, chest bruised and face cut.
Josephine Butler, scalp wound.
Agnes Butler, bruised and cut on face and hands.
David Pelkey, bruises and cuts.
Frank Betters, cut on forehead.
Miss Emily Raymond, shock.
Miss Mary Dwyer, face and scalp wounds.
Miss Agnes Dwyer, face and arms bruised and cut.
Philip Shea, bruises.
Andrew Ryan, brother of the girl who killed, bruises.
Miss May McCormack, cuts and bruises.
Miss Anna McCormack, cuts and bruises.
Miss Ellen Barry, internal injuries, coughed up blood.
Miss Laura Mosgaard, bruises.
Miss May Collins, cuts and bruises on head and face.
Miss Annie Collins, cuts and bruises.
Miss Emily Welsh, face and hands cut.
Miss Catherine Walsh, cuts and bruises.
Miss Kitty Cudehy, head and face cut and bruised.
Miss Mary Keenan, bruises.
Miss Minnie Brague, knee hurt and cuts and bruises.
Miss Clementine Laramee, shock.
Miss Ellen Carmell, internal and external injuries.
Miss Macaline Carmell, cuts and bruises.
Miss Virginia Carmell, cuts and bruises.
William J. Madden.
Miss May Carroll.
John Harrington.
Miss Annie Murray, rib broken.
Michael Grace, hand hurt.
Patrick Carroll, both hands injured.
Emile Lamoureau, scalp wound.
David Walker.
William Walker.
Henry Keenan, bruises.
Joseph Gallagher, legs hurt.
James McGill, bruises and cuts.
John Willett, bruises.
John Lee.
William Cuddahy.
Miss Mary Surdam, bruises and shock.
Thomas Murray, nose fractured, cheek cut.
John Leyden, injured on head.
William O'Brien.
Wilfred Farnum.
Mary Sullivan, dislocated shoulder.
John Webber, arm broken.
John Willett, bruises.
John Lee.
William Cuddahy.
Miss Mary Surdam, bruises and shock.
Thomas Murray, nose fractured, cheek cut.
John Leyden, injured on head.
William O'Brien.
Wilfred Farnum.
Mary Sullivan, dislocated shoulder.
John Webber, arm broken.

Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, MA 10 Feb 1910

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The Victim of the Accident.

Miss Bessie Ryan, who was killed in the accident yesterday, was a daughter of Mrs. Timothy Ryan of Hinsdale and was born at Hinsdale April 24, 1888. She was employed in Crane & Co.'s Pioneer mill in Dalton. She is survived by her mother, two sisters, Mrs. David Haurnhan of Coltsville and Miss Minnie, bookkeeper in the Ward woodworking company's office of Pittsfield, and eight brothers, Timothy J. and John of Pittsfield, James of Boston, Richard, Thomas F., Andrew, Michael and William of Hinsdale. The funeral will be held to-morrow morning at St. Patrick's church at 9 o'clock.

Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, MA 10 Feb 1910

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