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Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

Being about to leave town on a visit was one of the reasons she was so anxious to see the monument. Whether she had a premonition that something was about to happen is not permitted to mortal man to say, but the whole affair reads more like fiction than the real truth. #spiritualist #stoneham

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

Miss Griffin was fifty-two years of age, and had been living in Mrs. Gerry’s family for about six years. She was closely attached to the late Ira Gerry, who entertained a deep feeling of respect for her, which was shared by his widow, who was deeply moved when apprized of the sad accident.

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

The horse was eating the bark off the tree, and Dustin remarked that the animal would kill the tree, whereupon Peterson got a large stake and drove it into the ground and tied the animal to it.

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

W. C. Dustin had drawn a load of stone on his wagon to near where Peterson’s horse started from, and Peterson was wanting to help Dustin upset the stone.

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

The opinion of medical examiner Abbott of Wakefield, and Dr. Stevens was that death resulted from a fracture of the skull.

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

The horse made right towards her, the shaft striking her on the left side of the chin, knocking her down, her head striking on the granite work, splitting the skull. The horse also fell down, his body partly in the lot, while the victim of the accident lay under the cross-bar of the buggy.

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

when he heard a horse running, and so remarked to Miss Griffin, who was standing on the steps, in the entrance to the lot. He crossed over to where he had left his team in front of Mrs. Dr. Thompson’s lot), and backed it out of the way of the runaway to prevent a collision. .

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows:

Miss Griffin asked if he was going to the cemetery, and he replied in the affirmative, whereupon she asked, “Why can’t I go to, I want to see the monument,” (erected to the memory of the late Ira Gerry, and which she had never seen).

Sad and Fatal Accident A most singular accident occurred in Lindenwood Cemetery about 9:45 Tuesday morning, to a maiden lady named Miss Rachel H. Griffin, housekeeper for Mrs. Ira Gerry, whereby she met her death, the particulars of which, as we learn from Mr. James French, are as follows: