Otisville, NY Train Accident
August 1915
Youth Is Instantly Killed By Train At
Otisville Station
Wednesday afternoon, about 5 o’clock,
MERLYN L. FISHER, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson D. FISHER,
residing near Otisville, was struck by Erie
train 41, eastbound, at the Otisville station,
and instantly killed.
The young man had apparently started to walk up
the track to his home A way freight train was
standing on the westbound track, and when those
at the station saw the eastbound train
approaching they sought to warn the young man of
his danger and he turned about, but did not
succeed in getting off the track in time and the
body was hurled some distance. When the
horrified witnesses saw what had occurred, they
hurried to where the body lay and carried it
from the track, it being evident at the first
glance that life was extinct, as there was a bad
wound on the head and one leg and one arm were
broken besides other injuries.
Coroner J.H. HARDING
of this city was notified at once and as soon as
he reached the scene, gave orders regarding the
disposition of the body, which was taken in
charge by Undertaker W.
T. CORNELIUS, of this city.
Merlyn T. FISHER
was born at Port Jervis, February 25,
1896, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Simpson D. Fisher, being 19
years, five months and nine days of age at the
time of his death. He had resided with his
mother and sister, near Otisville, for the past
year, his father being employed at Elizabeth,
N.J. The young man had not been at home the
night before, having had occasion to be absent,
and it is supposed was intending to go home when
he met his death. His aged mother was not aware
that the accident had happened until some time
after it occurred, and the shock is a severe one
for here to bear. The deceased was a temperate
young man, highly esteemed by his acquaintances
and the accident has saddened the hearts of all
who knew him.
Besides his parents, the young man is survived
by two sisters and two brothers,
Arthur S.,
of this city; Russell
D., of New York,
Hazel E., of this city, and
Lorraine, at home.
Mrs. William Colby of this city, and
Mrs. Joseph Taylor,
of Newark, N.J., are aunts of the deceased.
The funeral notice appears elsewhere.
Middletown Daily Times, Middletown, NY 5
Aug 1915
Transcribed by Rosemarie Thank you,
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