There would have been a police rpt and sometimes there was a short article, often on the same pg as the obits. Of the person was well-known, the article might be longer. Peggy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2010, at 1:54 PM, "Jan Strickland" <[email protected]> wrote: > My GGgrandfather, Rudolphe Baumgartner, died in Aug, 1900 as the result of a > trolley/train accident and then today while doing some research for Cheramie > one of her ancestors died at age 14, on 19 Aug 1900 as the result of a > train accident. I just rarely let coincidences pass me by. Any ideas how > to research train/trolley accident in Aug 1900 in New Orleans? Would there > have been a police report? Some sort of inquest? > > Got this years ago, > 1/20/05 - from Rose ([email protected]) > In the Picayune of Thursday, August 9, 1900, on page 3, is an article with > the header "Trolley Victims." > BAUMGARTEN DIES. > Rudolf Baumgarten, of 3825 Customhouse street, who was injured some nights > back by a West End train, died in the hospital yesterday. > And Merle sent this: > On Wednesday, August 8, 1900 at 3:15 p.m., Rudolph Baumgartner, age 71, a > native of Switzerland and a resident of this city for the past 62 years > passed. > The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral > which will take place this Thursday afternoon, August 9, 1900, at 3 O'clock > from the residence of his daughter Mrs. F. Marin #3827 Customhouse St. > without further notice. > > Were there lots of train/trolley accidents in August, 1900? > Jan S - Orlando, FL > NOTE: If you forward this email please delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address. It is a courtesy to me and others who may not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world! Erasing the history helps prevent Spammers from mining addresses and viruses. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks, my grandfather and the 14 yr old were not famous, but I will check. Jan S -------Original Message------- From: Peggy Date: 10/14/2010 3:05:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] strange coincidence There would have been a police rpt and sometimes there was a short article, often on the same pg as the obits. Of the person was well-known, the article might be longer. Peggy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2010, at 1:54 PM, "Jan Strickland" <[email protected]> wrote: > My GGgrandfather, Rudolphe Baumgartner, died in Aug, 1900 as the result of a > trolley/train accident and then today while doing some research for Cheramie > one of her ancestors died at age 14, on 19 Aug 1900 as the result of a > train accident. I just rarely let coincidences pass me by. Any ideas how > to research train/trolley accident in Aug 1900 in New Orleans? Would there > have been a police report? Some sort of inquest? > > Got this years ago, > 1/20/05 - from Rose ([email protected]) > In the Picayune of Thursday, August 9, 1900, on page 3, is an article with > the header "Trolley Victims." > BAUMGARTEN DIES. > Rudolf Baumgarten, of 3825 Customhouse street, who was injured some nights > back by a West End train, died in the hospital yesterday. > And Merle sent this: > On Wednesday, August 8, 1900 at 3:15 p.m., Rudolph Baumgartner, age 71, a > native of Switzerland and a resident of this city for the past 62 years > passed. > The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral > which will take place this Thursday afternoon, August 9, 1900, at 3 O clock > from the residence of his daughter Mrs. F. Marin #3827 Customhouse St. > without further notice. > > Were there lots of train/trolley accidents in August, 1900? > Jan S - Orlando, FL