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Nostalgia & History > Dead bodies along the NECDate: 10/06/15 12:27 Dead bodies along the NEC Author: march_hare No, not railfans or trespassers, but evidently the people who built the line, immigrants not always treated well by the local inhabitants of the day.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34452980 Can't seem to make that link clickable, so copy and paste will have to do. A reminder, perhaps, that almost all of us are immigrants, or descended from them. Date: 10/06/15 12:57 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: RRTom This is on the Harrisburg Line. The Philadelphia Chapter of the PRRT&HS was involved in dedicating a state historical marker to these laborers a few years ago. The memorial area is visible just west of Malvern on the north side of the tracks. Need to look hard or you'll miss it as the train goes by. The only people who helped these poor fellows were a group of nuns who walked from miles away to give aid. Residents deliberately closed their doors as the nuns walked by.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/15 13:00 by RRTom. Date: 10/06/15 13:19 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: TCnR PBS has a presentation about this, perhaps it can be veiwed on their website. Interesting in that before the show was aired there was a number of discussions about the graves, the cut and the line on TrainOrders. Might be interesting to go back and check out the info on TO.
Date: 10/06/15 13:52 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: Out_Of_Service the railroad's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET ... Irish immigrants that died working on the railroad ... there were some murders that apparently took place and the bodies buried there also ... some investigating is going to take place to find out the truth of what really occurred ...
Date: 10/07/15 10:55 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: P Out_Of_Service Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > the railroad's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET ... Irish > immigrants that died working on the railroad ... > there were some murders that apparently took place > and the bodies buried there also ... some > investigating is going to take place to find out > the truth of what really occurred ... Yes, and someone needs to PAY for this atrocity. Date: 10/07/15 15:43 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: lwilton Yep. Especially someone completely unrelated to any of the historical happenings, but ideally with lots of money.
Its even better if they can pay TO someone that is also completely unrelated to the happenings, other than happening to have a law office in the same state. Date: 10/07/15 17:35 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: Lackawanna484 The D&H canal extension from Hawley to Lackawaxen PA saw several burial pits for Irish diggers in the 1820s. Typhoid was a major killer, as was dysentery.
Dig a pit, bury them, and hire another 200 unlucky folks to continue the dig. Nasty and brutish work. Nobody bothered to keep records, but there are several memorials to the fallen workers Date: 10/07/15 23:38 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: Nomad Irish lives matter!
P Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Out_Of_Service Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > the railroad's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET ... Irish > > immigrants that died working on the railroad > ... > > there were some murders that apparently took > place > > and the bodies buried there also ... some > > investigating is going to take place to find > out > > the truth of what really occurred ... > > Yes, and someone needs to PAY for this atrocity. Date: 10/08/15 00:26 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: fbe People have to ask how unions came to be? Life was cheap to the capitalists who built this nation.
Posted from iPhone Date: 10/08/15 06:26 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: P fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > People have to ask how unions came to be? Life was > cheap to the capitalists who built this nation. > > Posted from iPhone I sense a dig at capitalism here. I hate to break it to you, but life was cheap well before capitalism was born. In fact, life is cheap now all around the world - and in some segments of our own US population. There are only precious few places on the globe where life is valued in any fashion similiar to what we see as value. It was capitalism that enabled our society to lead the world in innovation that led to such advances in medical care that allow us to value life so highly and form laws, unions etc to protect our lives. To be clear, capitalism is what has allowed us to live the standard of life that we currently enjoy. Thank you capitalism. Date: 10/08/15 06:40 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: Lackawanna484 fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > People have to ask how unions came to be? Life was > cheap to the capitalists who built this nation. > > Posted from iPhone Also in the USSR, where capitalism wasn't a favored economic scheme. Or to the child soldiers of ISIS, Al-Shabab, etc. Lots of contemproary examples. Date: 10/08/15 22:13 Re: Dead bodies along the NEC Author: Geodyssey fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > People have to ask how unions came to be? Life was > cheap to the capitalists who built this nation. > > Posted from iPhone Does the "i' in iPhone stand for irony? |