A spectacular train derailment at 3:30am three hundred feet south of the Mahwah train station, awoke people for a mile...
Event Type: Disasters
1873-05-07
Death struck Mahwah three times in quick succession. Abram Bockee, who had been perfectly well yesterday, was found dead of...
1905-01-26
The gentle snow which began on the 24th and intensified on the 25th almost completely closed down the Township. The...
1944-04-30
Major’s Crossing on the Erie Railroad in Hillburn claimed two more victims when two Mahwah women were killed in a...
1926-07-24
A fierce electrical storm swept through town at about 5:00 in the afternoon. By the time it was over, an...
1955-04-22
A combined business and pleasure trip to Washington D.C. ended tragically for a mahwah man. Louis Chambre, a native of...
1933-04-21
Joseph Zero of Orange Avenue Suffern committed suicide by jumping in front of the Erie Railroad train #27 as it...
1918-12-07
Mrs. Emma Hopper, mother of David Hopper, burned to death after an accident at her sons house in Mahwah, where...
1921-04-12
Louisa Godeski was killed in an accident in front of her home on Ramapo Valley Road. She was playing along...
1952-04-12
James Acker, an 83 year-old man from Fair Lawn, was stricken and died of a heart attack while fishing on...