New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Ad – 1895
January 8, 2021
Waterbury Evening Democrat
August 1, 1895
Smithfield’s Air-Line Railroad Newspaper Articles
November 13, 2019
Air-Line Newspaper Articles from 1843 to 1893
The “Air-Line Railroad” became part of the Providence & Worcester Railroad. For a brief history, click here: Smithfield’s Air-Line Railroad
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Woonsocket Patriot
December 22, 1843
Part 1
Woonsocket Patriot
December 22, 1843
Part 2
Woonsocket Patriot
December 29, 1843
Part 1
Woonsocket Patriot
December 29, 1843
Part 2
Woonsocket Patriot
December 29, 1843
Part 3
Woonsocket Patriot
June 21, 1844
New York Daily Tribune
January 8, 1846
Woonsocket Patriot
October 1, 1847
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 1
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 2
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 3
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 4
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 5
Woonsocket Patriot
October 17, 1847
Part 6
The Daily National Whig
(Washington, D.C.)
October 29, 1847
Air-Line Railroad Schedule
December 24, 1847
Woonsocket Patriot
March 10, 1848
Air-Line Railroad Schedule
August 1, 1851
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Woonsocket Patriot
February 10, 1854
Part 1
Woonsocket Patriot
February 10, 1854
Part 2
Woonsocket Patriot
February 10, 1854
Part 3
Air-Line Railroad Schedule
March 10, 1854
Woonsocket Patriot
May 12, 1854
Woonsocket Patriot
June 30, 1855
Part 1
Woonsocket Patriot
June 30, 1855 Part 2
Woonsocket Patriot
June 30, 1855
Part 3
Woonsocket Weekly Patriot
July 28, 1855
Accident happened July 21st.
Woonsocket Weekly Patriot
August 4, 1855
Rutland (VT.) Weekly Herald
July 14, 1870, Pg. 4
Woonsocket Patriot
June 9, 1871
Woonsocket Patriot
January 8, 1877
Morning Journal & Courier
(New Haven, CT.)
September 4, 1886
Unknown Newspaper
March 29, 1888
The Evening Bulletin
Maysville, KY.
January 19, 1893
Evening Bulletin
Maysville, KY.
January 19, 1893
Evening Bulletin
(Maysville KY.)
January 19, 1893
Evening Bulletin
(Maysville, KY.)
January 19, 1893
Woonasquatucket Railroad Newspaper Articles – 1870s
August 7, 2019
Articles from the Woonsocket Patriot newspaper.
The Woonasquatucket Railroad was chartered in 1857, but due to financial setbacks and the American Civil War, work wasn’t begun until 1871. In 1872 the name was changed to the Providence & Springfield Railroad. It later became the New York & New England Railroad in 1890, and in 1895, the New England Railroad. The name was changed again in 1898 to the New York & New Haven Railroad.
Passenger service to the Smithfield portion of tracks was discontinued in 1931, and the tracks were torn up in 1962.
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Woonsocket Patriot
February 18, 1870
Woonsocket Patriot
November 24, 1871
Woonsocket Patriot
March 15, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
April 5, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
April 12, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
April 19, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
June 28, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
August 16, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
July 19, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
September 6, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
October 4, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
November 15, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
November 28, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot
December 6, 1872
Woonsocket Patriot January 24, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
February 21, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
March 7, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
May 2, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
May 23, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
August 15, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
August 22, 1873
Woonsocket Patriot
May 22, 1874
Woonsocket Patriot
December 25, 1874
Woonsocket Patriot
January 29, 1875
Woonsocket Patriot January 29, 1875
Woonsocket Patriot
April 30, 1875
Woonsocket Patriot
February 4, 1876
Woonsocket Patriot
February 4, 1876
Woonsocket Patriot
October 27, 1876
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine
October 23, 1878
Woonsocket Patriot
December 27, 1878
Waterbury Evening Democrat
March 22, 1888
Other known railroad accidents that have occurred on the Smithfield portion include the following:
On August 14, 1888, a 55-year-old man was struck and killed by a moving train. The exact location is not recorded.
On May 16, 1924, a 37-year-old man was killed when he fell under a moving train in Stillwater.
On April 14, 1925, an automobile containing a man and three women was struck by a train at the Brayton Avenue crossing. All four were killed.
On November 30, 1928, a husband and wife were injured when their automobile collided with a train at the Brayton Avenue crossing.
On September 18, 1945, an automobile was struck by a train at the “Bull Run” crossing at Farnum Pike and Leland Mowry Rd. One person was killed and six others were injured.
On September 28, 1955, one man was killed when his car collided with a train that was crossing Douglas Pike near the North Smithfield town line.
