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Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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BAD FIRE IN CONNECTICUT. TOWN HALL OF MERIDEN DESTROYED AND SIX FIREMEN HURT.   "Meriden, Conn., Feb. 15. - For eight hours Sunday firemen fought a fire which finally caused the complete destruction of the town hall and injuries to six men of the fire department. The loss is about $130,000, of which amount about $125,000 falls upon the town. The fire caught, it is believed, from crossed electric wires. None of the firemen were seriously injured." Daily Telegram Eau Claire Wisconsin 1904-02-15

Train Wreck   "MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 29.- Two light coupled engines, north-bound from New Haven on the main line of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, crashed into a stalled freight train above Yalesville this morning, demolishing the caboose, two box cars, and one flat car, which was laden with oil barrels. Eugene Fowler of Windsor Locks and a brakeman named Lee, who were in the caboose, were badly injured." The New York Times, New York, NY 30 Nov 1906

1912 - Acid in Holy Water Fatal genealogybank.com  "Woman Found in Confessional Box at Meriden (Conn.) With Fatal Draught Near." "Meriden, Conn., July 22. - The body of Miss Cora Dessureau, 30 years old, daughter of Joseph A. Dessureau, was found by the caretaker in a confessional box at St. Joseph's church. There was a glass near her containing what is supposed to have been a mixture of carbolic acid and holy water, and her lips were badly burned. The medical examiner said death was self inflicted, but the family could give no reason for the suicide except that the young woman had appeared melancholy lately." Date: July 22, 1912 Location: Illinois Paper: Belleville News Democrat

SCARE ON NEW HAVEN ENGINE JUMPS TRACK - Cars Enveloped in Steam, but Passengers Escape Injury---Driving Rods Broke.   Special to The New York Times. MERIDEN, Conn., July 18. - The eastbound express train on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, which left New York at 5 o'clock this afternoon, was wrecked a mile west of Meriden at 7:10 o'clock to-night, when the big Pacific type locomotive left the rails and one of them had been sent flying through telegraph wires at the side of the track. While no one was injured and only the locomotive left the rails, nearly all the passengers in the three Pullman sleeping cars and three day coaches making up the train, were badly scared. There was a stampede to get out of the train at the first shock due to the application of the emergency brakes. The engine was of the same type as No. 1,388, which got away from Engineer Charles J. Doherty at Stamford and caused the fatal wreck on June 12. Clouds of steam came back through the cars, due to the fact that one of the broken driving levers punctured the boiler. The emergency brakes, taking hold of the cars after the mechanism on the locomotive had been damaged, brought the train to a stop in a distance of 1,200 feet, a stiff upgrade helping the brakes. Every passenger deserted the train within a minute after it had come to a standstill. After walking a mile up the tracks to the Meriden station they were sent forward on local trains toward Boston. The wrecked train, No. 80, was known as "The Bankers' Express." It was the favorite train of Theodore N. Vail, a Director of the New Haven road, and one of the subcommittee of six named to select a successor to President Mellen of he New Haven system. Almost every Friday for the past year Mr. Vail's private car has been attached to the Bankers' Express for his weekly inspection trip through Connecticut. But to-night, owing to the meetings of the Directors, called to consider Mr. Mellen's resignation, the private car of Mr. Vail was not attached to the train. The first indication that there was any trouble with the big locomotive occurred as Engineer Moore was driving at about fifty-five miles and hour toward Boathill Bridge. As he was going up grade the engine was being forced to do its best in order to keep up to scheduled speed. The engineer felt the locomotive wobble unsteadily, and then saw a section of the driving lever fly off through the telegraph wires. A moment later, as he applied the brakes at full emergency pressure, he felt the engine's wheels bumping over the ties. The train stopped after the locomotive had torn up the rails and ties for a distance of twenty feet. It was found that the mechanism operating the block signal system had been torn out and that the signals had ceased to work. For that reason men were sent 2,000 feet to the rear of the train with torches and torpedoes. They stopped four trains one after another, which came up to the stalled train, only to be ordered back to take a cross-over switch, a mile further west. A wrecking train which arrived from New Haven pulled the cars away from the locomotive, but found its derrick equipment insufficient to lift the heavy locomotive, but found its derrick equipment back to the rails. At midnight one track was still blocked, while the wrecking crew sought vainly to get the engine back on the track. Regular trains, operating over the southbound track, were running from an hour to three hours late. The New York Times New York, NY 19 Jul 1913

Ancestors Who Were Born in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Altieri
Michael Altieri (25 Apr 1915,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-10 Jul 2005,Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
Blessing
(female) Blessing (6 Feb 1880,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-7 Feb 1880,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Adelia H Blessing (Jan 1884,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-3 Sep 1961,Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA)	Albert A Blessing (7 Sep 1893,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-31 Oct 1964,Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Amelia L Blessing (Jan 1886,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-20 Jul 1954,Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA)	Charles Henry Blessing (14 Apr 1882,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-Dec 1969,Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)	Charles William Blessing (8 Dec 1933,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-22 Jan 2006,West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Frank Blessing (18 Nov 1889,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-1 Jan 1939,East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)	George Arthur Blessing (3 Feb 1894,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-Jun 1974,West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA)	Herbert F Blessing (22 May 1890,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-aft. 1954, )
Howard E Blessing (03 Sep 1919,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-08 Apr 2009 ,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Joseph August Frank Blessing (6 Mar 1884,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-24 Oct 1958,Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA)	Mae Blessing (Feb 1892,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-5 Feb 1957,Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
Egan
Elizabeth Mary Egan (1 May 1923,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-26 Mar 1965,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	James M Egan (18 Aug 1920,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-25 Aug 1975,New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)	John M Egan (18 July 1947,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-10 Sept 2007,Greensboro, North Carolina)
Martin Andrew Egan (10 Aug 1883,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-13 Aug 1966,Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)	Robert F Egan (29 Jul 1915,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-2 Dec 1976,Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
Egan Jr.
James M Egan Jr. (23 Dec 1948,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-1 Jan 2005,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Greiner
Robert Max Greiner (11 Sep 1887,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-8 Sep 1955,North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Ruth H Greiner (10 Jan 1918,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-25 Feb 2003,Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
Jasse
Frederick William Jasse (6 Oct 1907,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-26 Oct 2000,Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA)
Koncki
Frances Koncki (2 Feb 1923,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-3 Apr 2000,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
LaPointe
John Bourgarde LaPointe (16 May 1915,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-13 Sep 1999,Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA)
Mlinarcik
Jeannette Ann Mlinarcik (22 Sept 1934,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-13 Nov 2012,West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Monahan
Anna M Monahan (21 Jan 1891,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-20 Oct 1966,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Clyde J Ernest Monahan (16 Mar 1897,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-aft. 1938, )	Henrietta Monahan (30 Aug 1902,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-5 Oct 1918,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
James F Monahan (13 Feb 1886,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-17 Mar 1910,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Ralph Adam Monahan (3 Apr 1894,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-22 Oct 1928,Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, USA)	William Frederick Monahan (18 Nov 1889,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-25 Jan 1956,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Otwell
Scott Francis Otwell (28 May 1957,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-14 Feb 1998,Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA)
Schroeder
Agnes J Schroeder (18 Sep 1884,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-13 May 1964,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Scott
Carrie L Scott (May 1867,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-8 Dec 1946, )
Spears
Elizabeth "Betsy" Spears (22 Apr 1944,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-27 Oct 2008,Connecticut)
St Cyr
Jane St Cyr (26 May 1922,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-21 Feb 1986,Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA)

Ancestors Who Died in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Ahl
Arline Beatrice Ahl (5 Apr 1901,East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA-24 Nov 1994,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Blessing
(female) Blessing (6 Feb 1880,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-7 Feb 1880,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Anna Caroline Margaret Blessing (21 Feb 1874,Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA-27 Dec 1946,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Franz "Frank" Erdmann Blessing (20 Dec 1866,Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA-1 Apr 1884,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" Blessing (20 Sep 1859,Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA-15 Jun 1933,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Henrietta Friederika Blessing (11 Apr 1864,Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA-15 Apr 1913,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Howard E Blessing (03 Sep 1919,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-08 Apr 2009 ,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Louisa Blessing (abt. Jun 1888,-12 Sep 1891,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	William H Blessing (02 Jul 1907,Connecticut-23 Oct 1984,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	William Henry Blessing (13 Oct 1883,Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA-24 Nov 1976,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Bourgarde
Marie Katherine Bourgarde (8 Dec 1873,Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA-16 Dec 1956,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Carlson
Carl William Carlson (06 Apr 1876,Sweden-1934,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Egan
Elizabeth Mary Egan (1 May 1923,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-26 Mar 1965,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Egan Jr.
James M Egan Jr. (23 Dec 1948,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-1 Jan 2005,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Habershon
Shirley E Habershon (24 Aug 1925,Massachusetts-04 Nov 1996,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Walter Habershon (21 Jun 1898,Sheffield, England-5 Jul 1971,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Hoffman
Henry Hoffman (abt. 1831,Nassau, Germany-aft 1880,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Jasse
Charles Albert Jasse (18 Dec 1873,Germany-6 May 1945,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Koncki
Frances Koncki (2 Feb 1923,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-3 Apr 2000,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Laager
Sarah Laager (6 Jan 1859,Pennsylvania-21 Mar 1951,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Monahan
Alice E Monahan (15 Nov 1899,Connecticut-8 Feb 1988,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Anna M Monahan (21 Jan 1891,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-20 Oct 1966,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	Eva S Monahan (Jul 1887,Connecticut-24 July 1952,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Henrietta Monahan (30 Aug 1902,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-5 Oct 1918,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	James F Monahan (13 Feb 1886,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-17 Mar 1910,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)	William Frederick Monahan (18 Nov 1889,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-25 Jan 1956,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Rychlec
Stanley Joseph Rychlec (8 Oct 1918,Connecticut-10 Aug 1973,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Schroeder
Agnes J Schroeder (18 Sep 1884,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA-13 May 1964,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Spears
Robert E Spears (09 Jun 1915,Connecticut-18 Sept 1985,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Stacia Rutkowski
Theresa Stacia Rutkowski (10 May 1908,Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA-31 Mar 1995,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Theunert
Caroline Henrietta Theunert (15 Jun 1834,Marklissa, Silesia (Schlesien), Prussia (Preußen), Germany-18 Jun 1903,Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

Cemeteries

Gethsemane Cemetery

West Cemetery

Walnut Grove Cemetery

Sacred Heart Cemetery

Saint Laurents Cemetery

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