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The new column (Congressmen from Amsterdam) in the Gazette this Weekend
Amsterdam is being moved out of Tonko’s 20th Congressional district and will become part of the 21st district.
https://dailygazette.com/
(pick up a copy of the paper-paper or subscribe on-line)
Posted on Bob Cudmore dot com next Weekend
Today, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Three Amsterdam train tragedies
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
Three Amsterdam accidents involving New York Central passenger trains in the 20th century resulted in a total of 18 fatalities.
On April 8, 1918, the Empire State Express collided with a freight train near Henrietta Street in the West End shortly after Noon. An eastbound passenger train, the New England Express, subsequently crashed into the derailment.
The engineer of the Empire State, John R. Botts of Albany, and the fireman, William Barringer, died. It was considered miraculous that there were only two fatalities among the 60 people injured.
Eight lives were lost May 6, 1924 when the Twentieth Century Limited passenger train struck a car being driven across the tracks near Dicaprio’s produce farm just east of Amsterdam.
The automobile in the 1924 accident was driven by John Acee, 45, a clothing merchant on the South Side who was an immigrant from Syria. Acee, his wife Emmeline, 33, their three children (Julia, Thomas and Joseph), Mrs. Acee’s sister (Sahandra Herb), the sister’s daughter (Mary) and an Italian immigrant (David Sprone) died when the car was struck by the fast moving train.
Recorder history columnist Tony Pacelli saw the 1924 accident, which took place at a track crossing near Quist’s Lumber at Luther Street, “We worked on the DiCaprio’s farm during the summer months and were waiting for DiCaprio’s flatbed truck to take us home. Mr. Acee was told to wait, for the train was due at any minute. He did not comprehend.”
Pacelli said a small dog also was in the Acee car, “Mr. Acee was on track two and had trouble shifting the car when the train struck it. No one survived but the dog, who ran down the tracks.”
The Recorder reported the animal waited patiently but in vain for his favorite, Julia, to come home from school the day after the accident, “Through some means beyond his canine comprehension he has been bereft of a beloved playmate.”
More than 100 Syrian-Americans came for the funerals from various Upstate New York cities, adding to the thousands of Amsterdam mourners. Word was passed to local restaurants to feed the Syrian guests, keep track of the charges and present the bills to relatives of the Acee family.
The wake was held at Dugan’s Hall of St. Mary’s Institute on Forbes Street after crowds overwhelmed the Perillo and Gilston undertaking parlors.
Tomorrow, Monday, June 27, 2022-The story behind the story podcast- Three Amsterdam train tragedies (Eight minutes with information not in the print story)
The third accident was on June 15, 1945. Eight men working on the main line tracks just east of Amsterdam were killed when struck by the Water Level Limited passenger train. The men were from Mexico and had been hired to work on the railroad because so many American men were at war.
According to historian Hugh Donlon, the eight Mexican workers who perished were part of a group of 65 working on track maintenance that day. Donlon said bodies were strewn along the tracks for a quarter mile.
The eight Mexicans were buried in a mass grave at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Their bodies were taken to the cemetery in a procession of eight hearses.
Diane Hale Smith of Amsterdam did research on the accident, “I located their unmarked burial place, using cemetery records and made arrangements for a headstone and urn to be put over the mass grave.”
Smith said, “I imagined how future generations would hear the story of how these men had died so far from home. It symbolized for me so many of our ancestors who ventured far from home never to return again--my own Swedish grandfather, to name just one… These eight men were building our rail system and lost their lives doing it.”
The Historians Go Fund Me effort for 2022 needs just a little more elbow grease due to a great $100.00 donation Saturday night
$150.00 to go by this Thursday, June 30, 2022
Current and unstuck from $2950.00 to $3050.00-Goal $6000.00 by this December 31.
We can deal with that later.
Thank You (Mohwak Valley History on the internet and radio)
Two ways to address this
...a check in the mail to:
Bob Cudmore 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, New York 12302
or "click"
https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022
Day after tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Puddle Program scheduled at Schoharie Crossing
“There's nothing shallow about a puddle! Puddles are homes, bathtubs, and drinking fountains for wildlife.
https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/schohariecrossing
The Friends of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will wrap up Great Outdoors month on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 6:30pm by hosting environmental educator and author Anita Sanchez for the program, “Hello, Puddles!” This family friendly program will be conducted from the Enders House on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter, near the Visitor Center.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Sunday, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Information from The National Weather Service, some would say "The Horses Mouth"
Today and tonight.
Isolated to scattered non severe thunderstorms are possible late
this afternoon through tonight ahead of a cold front. Some locally
heavy downpours are possible with the thunderstorms which may cause
ponding of water on roadways and poor drainage flooding of low lying
areas.
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 68. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm. High near 76. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Daily Gazette
Inflation cutting buying power but consumers press on
People are sometimes spending differently as inflation bites into the value of their dollars. But sales tax collections this year…
People are sometimes spending differently as inflation bites into the value of their dollars. But sales tax collections this year…
Sports briefs: NYRA announces premium giveaways for 2022 Saratoga Race Course meet
The New York Racing Association recently announced its lineup of premium giveaways for the 2022 meet at Saratoga Race Course….
The New York Racing Association recently announced its lineup of premium giveaways for the 2022 meet at Saratoga Race Course….
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
FULTON COUNTY, JOHNSTOWN, LOCAL NEWS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE GLOVERSVILLE LEADER HERALD
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob CudmoreThe new column (Congressmen from Amsterdam) in the Gazette this Weekend
Amsterdam is being moved out of Tonko’s 20th Congressional district and will become part of the 21st district.
https://dailygazette.com/
(pick up a copy of the paper-paper or subscribe on-line)
Posted on Bob Cudmore dot com next Weekend
Today, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Three Amsterdam train tragedies
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
Three Amsterdam accidents involving New York Central passenger trains in the 20th century resulted in a total of 18 fatalities.
On April 8, 1918, the Empire State Express collided with a freight train near Henrietta Street in the West End shortly after Noon. An eastbound passenger train, the New England Express, subsequently crashed into the derailment.
The engineer of the Empire State, John R. Botts of Albany, and the fireman, William Barringer, died. It was considered miraculous that there were only two fatalities among the 60 people injured.
Eight lives were lost May 6, 1924 when the Twentieth Century Limited passenger train struck a car being driven across the tracks near Dicaprio’s produce farm just east of Amsterdam.
The automobile in the 1924 accident was driven by John Acee, 45, a clothing merchant on the South Side who was an immigrant from Syria. Acee, his wife Emmeline, 33, their three children (Julia, Thomas and Joseph), Mrs. Acee’s sister (Sahandra Herb), the sister’s daughter (Mary) and an Italian immigrant (David Sprone) died when the car was struck by the fast moving train.
Recorder history columnist Tony Pacelli saw the 1924 accident, which took place at a track crossing near Quist’s Lumber at Luther Street, “We worked on the DiCaprio’s farm during the summer months and were waiting for DiCaprio’s flatbed truck to take us home. Mr. Acee was told to wait, for the train was due at any minute. He did not comprehend.”
Pacelli said a small dog also was in the Acee car, “Mr. Acee was on track two and had trouble shifting the car when the train struck it. No one survived but the dog, who ran down the tracks.”
The Recorder reported the animal waited patiently but in vain for his favorite, Julia, to come home from school the day after the accident, “Through some means beyond his canine comprehension he has been bereft of a beloved playmate.”
More than 100 Syrian-Americans came for the funerals from various Upstate New York cities, adding to the thousands of Amsterdam mourners. Word was passed to local restaurants to feed the Syrian guests, keep track of the charges and present the bills to relatives of the Acee family.
The wake was held at Dugan’s Hall of St. Mary’s Institute on Forbes Street after crowds overwhelmed the Perillo and Gilston undertaking parlors.
Tomorrow, Monday, June 27, 2022-The story behind the story podcast- Three Amsterdam train tragedies (Eight minutes with information not in the print story)
The third accident was on June 15, 1945. Eight men working on the main line tracks just east of Amsterdam were killed when struck by the Water Level Limited passenger train. The men were from Mexico and had been hired to work on the railroad because so many American men were at war.
According to historian Hugh Donlon, the eight Mexican workers who perished were part of a group of 65 working on track maintenance that day. Donlon said bodies were strewn along the tracks for a quarter mile.
The eight Mexicans were buried in a mass grave at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Their bodies were taken to the cemetery in a procession of eight hearses.
Diane Hale Smith of Amsterdam did research on the accident, “I located their unmarked burial place, using cemetery records and made arrangements for a headstone and urn to be put over the mass grave.”
Smith said, “I imagined how future generations would hear the story of how these men had died so far from home. It symbolized for me so many of our ancestors who ventured far from home never to return again--my own Swedish grandfather, to name just one… These eight men were building our rail system and lost their lives doing it.”
The Historians Go Fund Me effort for 2022 needs just a little more elbow grease due to a great $100.00 donation Saturday night
$150.00 to go by this Thursday, June 30, 2022
Current and unstuck from $2950.00 to $3050.00-Goal $6000.00 by this December 31.
We can deal with that later.
Thank You (Mohwak Valley History on the internet and radio)
Two ways to address this
...a check in the mail to:
Bob Cudmore 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, New York 12302
or "click"
https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022
Day after tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Puddle Program scheduled at Schoharie Crossing
“There's nothing shallow about a puddle! Puddles are homes, bathtubs, and drinking fountains for wildlife.
https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/schohariecrossing
The Friends of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will wrap up Great Outdoors month on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 6:30pm by hosting environmental educator and author Anita Sanchez for the program, “Hello, Puddles!” This family friendly program will be conducted from the Enders House on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter, near the Visitor Center.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Sunday, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Information from The National Weather Service, some would say "The Horses Mouth"
Today and tonight.
Isolated to scattered non severe thunderstorms are possible late
this afternoon through tonight ahead of a cold front. Some locally
heavy downpours are possible with the thunderstorms which may cause
ponding of water on roadways and poor drainage flooding of low lying
areas.
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 68. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm. High near 76. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Sunday, June 26, 2022
Daily Gazette
Inflation cutting buying power but consumers press on
People are sometimes spending differently as inflation bites into the value of their dollars. But sales tax collections this year…
People are sometimes spending differently as inflation bites into the value of their dollars. But sales tax collections this year…
Sports briefs: NYRA announces premium giveaways for 2022 Saratoga Race Course meet
The New York Racing Association recently announced its lineup of premium giveaways for the 2022 meet at Saratoga Race Course….
The New York Racing Association recently announced its lineup of premium giveaways for the 2022 meet at Saratoga Race Course….
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
FULTON COUNTY, JOHNSTOWN, LOCAL NEWS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE GLOVERSVILLE LEADER HERALD
https://www.leaderherald.com/