The rainy weather caused slippery driving conditions. An Overland roadster turned around twice near the garage and smashed into a...
Event Type: Disasters
1942-07-15
A collision between cars driven by two local residents resulted in both damage and personal injury. James R. Glasgow, 24,...
1901-07-15
Nyack, NY resident William Best was killed in an accident in the “new steel plant” in Mahwah. He was caught...
1931-07-14
An Erie train was wrecked when a coupling failed opposite Christie’s house on Franklin Turnpike. Three vagrants who were riding...
1926-07-14
Peter Kyle of Suffern was electrocuted while working with a crew from the Rockland Electric Company to relocate some electric...
1900-07-14
Mrs. John Meyer died of a pistol shot wound, possibly accidental, at her home in Darlington. Very little information has...
1935-07-13
Miss Helen North, Librarian of the Mahwah Library for the previous fifteen years, was struck and killed by a train...
1948-07-12
The Mahwah Ambulance handled an unusual accident. Early Relis of Paterson was using an acetylene torch to cut some metal...
1898-11-13
Mr. John Hopper hanged himself in the barn of his farm on Wearimus Road. He had given up drinking quite...
1896-11-07
Herman Genster, a German immigrant who worked on the Swan farm in Masonicus, died under unusual circumstances. He drove a...