FALL FATAL TO LOCAL WORKER AT MAYBROOK
Believe Epileptic Fit Caused Fred Henderson to Tumble Into Pit
UNFORTUNATE VICTIM WAS SPANISH WAR VET
Skull Fractured in Fall--Received Same Injury Ten Years Ago
Maybrook, April 21 - Fred Henderson, of 16 Railroad avenue, Middletown, a pumper in the employ of the Central of New England Railroad, at 2:00 this morning fell during an epileptic seizure in the round house engine pit, where he had gone for a purpose as yet undetermined. His head struck a projection and he died 10 minutes later as the result of a frature of the skull, the second in 10 years.
Dr. Daniel Rakov, of this village, was summoned and said that Henderson never regained consciousness. He diagnosed the case as due to an epileptic fit and all symptoms revealed the man fell from a platform during a lapse.
Coroner John F. Tucker, of Newburgh, was notified and found death due to an accident. He ordered the removal of the body. It was said Henderson wore a silver plate from a former fracture in his skull.
The Middletown police were notified.
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Lieutenant John Gay was told this morning by Dr. Rakov that Henderson had been killed in a fall at Maybrook, and asked to notify Mrs. Henderson at the home. Officer Harry L. West carried the message.
Wife is Overcome.
Mrs. Henderson was so overcome that Dr. Harry F. P---mans had to be called in to attend her. Nerves unstrung, she was prostrate today. She managed, however, to tell something about her husband. Prior to their marriage on June 13, 1915, Mr. Henderson was found lying unconscious between the rails of the O. & W. in back of the M. & U. depot on East Main street. Hurried to Thrall hospital it was learned he had received a fracture of the skull and a brain laceration. He spent 42 days in the hospital.
His wife said that Dr. T. Mills attended Henderson.
Born in Wurtsboro.
Mr. Henderson was born November 15, 1874, at Wurtsboro, the son of the late Moses and Ella Henderson. When a youth he removed with his family to this city.
He worked for the O. & W. for some time and for five years at intervals for the C. N. E. railroad. Mrs. Henderson said today that the expense incident to the first accident was paid by the O. & W. Barring two days, he had worked this last time for the C. N. E. R.
In spite of the inquest, Mrs. Henderson said her husband had never been afflicted with epilepsy, and had never been ill since the last accident.
Mr. Henderson was a private in Company B, of the 5th U.S. Regular Infantry and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He served in Cubaa from May 8, 1899 to April 29, 1900 at which time he was [the rest of the paragraph is illegible].
Mrs. Henderson requested a military funeral to be arranged.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 21, 1925, page 1
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Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of Isaac J. Hasbrouck Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss of the North St. Congregational church, officiating. Interment in the family plot, Wurtsboro, N.Y.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 22, 1925, page 7
Mr. Henderson was survived by his wife, the former Lauretta Ann Wagner, and a young daughter, Ella.
Believe Epileptic Fit Caused Fred Henderson to Tumble Into Pit
UNFORTUNATE VICTIM WAS SPANISH WAR VET
Skull Fractured in Fall--Received Same Injury Ten Years Ago
Maybrook, April 21 - Fred Henderson, of 16 Railroad avenue, Middletown, a pumper in the employ of the Central of New England Railroad, at 2:00 this morning fell during an epileptic seizure in the round house engine pit, where he had gone for a purpose as yet undetermined. His head struck a projection and he died 10 minutes later as the result of a frature of the skull, the second in 10 years.
Dr. Daniel Rakov, of this village, was summoned and said that Henderson never regained consciousness. He diagnosed the case as due to an epileptic fit and all symptoms revealed the man fell from a platform during a lapse.
Coroner John F. Tucker, of Newburgh, was notified and found death due to an accident. He ordered the removal of the body. It was said Henderson wore a silver plate from a former fracture in his skull.
The Middletown police were notified.
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Lieutenant John Gay was told this morning by Dr. Rakov that Henderson had been killed in a fall at Maybrook, and asked to notify Mrs. Henderson at the home. Officer Harry L. West carried the message.
Wife is Overcome.
Mrs. Henderson was so overcome that Dr. Harry F. P---mans had to be called in to attend her. Nerves unstrung, she was prostrate today. She managed, however, to tell something about her husband. Prior to their marriage on June 13, 1915, Mr. Henderson was found lying unconscious between the rails of the O. & W. in back of the M. & U. depot on East Main street. Hurried to Thrall hospital it was learned he had received a fracture of the skull and a brain laceration. He spent 42 days in the hospital.
His wife said that Dr. T. Mills attended Henderson.
Born in Wurtsboro.
Mr. Henderson was born November 15, 1874, at Wurtsboro, the son of the late Moses and Ella Henderson. When a youth he removed with his family to this city.
He worked for the O. & W. for some time and for five years at intervals for the C. N. E. railroad. Mrs. Henderson said today that the expense incident to the first accident was paid by the O. & W. Barring two days, he had worked this last time for the C. N. E. R.
In spite of the inquest, Mrs. Henderson said her husband had never been afflicted with epilepsy, and had never been ill since the last accident.
Mr. Henderson was a private in Company B, of the 5th U.S. Regular Infantry and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He served in Cubaa from May 8, 1899 to April 29, 1900 at which time he was [the rest of the paragraph is illegible].
Mrs. Henderson requested a military funeral to be arranged.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 21, 1925, page 1
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Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of Isaac J. Hasbrouck Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss of the North St. Congregational church, officiating. Interment in the family plot, Wurtsboro, N.Y.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 22, 1925, page 7
Mr. Henderson was survived by his wife, the former Lauretta Ann Wagner, and a young daughter, Ella.
FALL FATAL TO LOCAL WORKER AT MAYBROOK
Believe Epileptic Fit Caused Fred Henderson to Tumble Into Pit
UNFORTUNATE VICTIM WAS SPANISH WAR VET
Skull Fractured in Fall--Received Same Injury Ten Years Ago
Maybrook, April 21 - Fred Henderson, of 16 Railroad avenue, Middletown, a pumper in the employ of the Central of New England Railroad, at 2:00 this morning fell during an epileptic seizure in the round house engine pit, where he had gone for a purpose as yet undetermined. His head struck a projection and he died 10 minutes later as the result of a frature of the skull, the second in 10 years.
Dr. Daniel Rakov, of this village, was summoned and said that Henderson never regained consciousness. He diagnosed the case as due to an epileptic fit and all symptoms revealed the man fell from a platform during a lapse.
Coroner John F. Tucker, of Newburgh, was notified and found death due to an accident. He ordered the removal of the body. It was said Henderson wore a silver plate from a former fracture in his skull.
The Middletown police were notified.
-----
Lieutenant John Gay was told this morning by Dr. Rakov that Henderson had been killed in a fall at Maybrook, and asked to notify Mrs. Henderson at the home. Officer Harry L. West carried the message.
Wife is Overcome.
Mrs. Henderson was so overcome that Dr. Harry F. P---mans had to be called in to attend her. Nerves unstrung, she was prostrate today. She managed, however, to tell something about her husband. Prior to their marriage on June 13, 1915, Mr. Henderson was found lying unconscious between the rails of the O. & W. in back of the M. & U. depot on East Main street. Hurried to Thrall hospital it was learned he had received a fracture of the skull and a brain laceration. He spent 42 days in the hospital.
His wife said that Dr. T. Mills attended Henderson.
Born in Wurtsboro.
Mr. Henderson was born November 15, 1874, at Wurtsboro, the son of the late Moses and Ella Henderson. When a youth he removed with his family to this city.
He worked for the O. & W. for some time and for five years at intervals for the C. N. E. railroad. Mrs. Henderson said today that the expense incident to the first accident was paid by the O. & W. Barring two days, he had worked this last time for the C. N. E. R.
In spite of the inquest, Mrs. Henderson said her husband had never been afflicted with epilepsy, and had never been ill since the last accident.
Mr. Henderson was a private in Company B, of the 5th U.S. Regular Infantry and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He served in Cubaa from May 8, 1899 to April 29, 1900 at which time he was [the rest of the paragraph is illegible].
Mrs. Henderson requested a military funeral to be arranged.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 21, 1925, page 1
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Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of Isaac J. Hasbrouck Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss of the North St. Congregational church, officiating. Interment in the family plot, Wurtsboro, N.Y.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 22, 1925, page 7
Mr. Henderson was survived by his wife, the former Lauretta Ann Wagner, and a young daughter, Ella.
Believe Epileptic Fit Caused Fred Henderson to Tumble Into Pit
UNFORTUNATE VICTIM WAS SPANISH WAR VET
Skull Fractured in Fall--Received Same Injury Ten Years Ago
Maybrook, April 21 - Fred Henderson, of 16 Railroad avenue, Middletown, a pumper in the employ of the Central of New England Railroad, at 2:00 this morning fell during an epileptic seizure in the round house engine pit, where he had gone for a purpose as yet undetermined. His head struck a projection and he died 10 minutes later as the result of a frature of the skull, the second in 10 years.
Dr. Daniel Rakov, of this village, was summoned and said that Henderson never regained consciousness. He diagnosed the case as due to an epileptic fit and all symptoms revealed the man fell from a platform during a lapse.
Coroner John F. Tucker, of Newburgh, was notified and found death due to an accident. He ordered the removal of the body. It was said Henderson wore a silver plate from a former fracture in his skull.
The Middletown police were notified.
-----
Lieutenant John Gay was told this morning by Dr. Rakov that Henderson had been killed in a fall at Maybrook, and asked to notify Mrs. Henderson at the home. Officer Harry L. West carried the message.
Wife is Overcome.
Mrs. Henderson was so overcome that Dr. Harry F. P---mans had to be called in to attend her. Nerves unstrung, she was prostrate today. She managed, however, to tell something about her husband. Prior to their marriage on June 13, 1915, Mr. Henderson was found lying unconscious between the rails of the O. & W. in back of the M. & U. depot on East Main street. Hurried to Thrall hospital it was learned he had received a fracture of the skull and a brain laceration. He spent 42 days in the hospital.
His wife said that Dr. T. Mills attended Henderson.
Born in Wurtsboro.
Mr. Henderson was born November 15, 1874, at Wurtsboro, the son of the late Moses and Ella Henderson. When a youth he removed with his family to this city.
He worked for the O. & W. for some time and for five years at intervals for the C. N. E. railroad. Mrs. Henderson said today that the expense incident to the first accident was paid by the O. & W. Barring two days, he had worked this last time for the C. N. E. R.
In spite of the inquest, Mrs. Henderson said her husband had never been afflicted with epilepsy, and had never been ill since the last accident.
Mr. Henderson was a private in Company B, of the 5th U.S. Regular Infantry and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He served in Cubaa from May 8, 1899 to April 29, 1900 at which time he was [the rest of the paragraph is illegible].
Mrs. Henderson requested a military funeral to be arranged.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 21, 1925, page 1
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Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of Isaac J. Hasbrouck Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss of the North St. Congregational church, officiating. Interment in the family plot, Wurtsboro, N.Y.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 22, 1925, page 7
Mr. Henderson was survived by his wife, the former Lauretta Ann Wagner, and a young daughter, Ella.
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