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Passaic, NJ Fire Engine Wreck, Nov 1914
Posted January 25th, 2008 by Linda Horton
TWO HURT IN "DEATH CAR."
Passaic Fire Auto, Which Once Killed Two Men, Again Upsets.
Special to The New York Times.
PASSAIC, N. J., Nov. 21.---Racing along Erie Street at a high rate of speed today, Engine Six, an automobile fire engine, turned turtle near Lafayette Avenue. John Farrell and John Ackerman, fireman, were badly injured. Both are at St. Mary's Hospital suffering with bruises and internal injuries. Farell's legs are broken. The big auto is almost a total wreck.
This is the same auto in which Charles Cowley, then Secretary of the Passaic Board of Education, and Lieutenant James J. Delaney were killed five years ago when it ran into an iron telephone pole. Since then it has been known as "the car of death, " and many firemen have refused to ride in it.
The New York Times, New York, NY 22 Nov 1914
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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