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Worcester Daily Press
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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In Hopkinton, Mr. Chas. Claflin experienced a runaway coal car accident when the brake failed, sending it speeding toward Ashland; his father pursued in a locomotive but caught up only after it stopped due to a grade rise.
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A singular accident occurred at Hopkinton, recently. Mr. Chas. Claflin was standing upon a coal car, when the brake suddenly gave way, and it started, at a tremendous rate, down the grade, towards Ashland. Mr. Claflin was unable to check it, and, but for a slight rise in the grade, three miles from its starting point, it might be going yet, or might have committed a deal of destruction when it did fetch up, for Hopkinton is the highest point between Wachusett mountain and Boston.
The elder Mr. Claflin fired up a locomotive and started after his son, but was not able to get up enough steam to catch him until the latter's car came to a stand-still.
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Hopkinton
Event Date
Recently
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the coal car stopped due to a slight rise in the grade three miles from the starting point; no destruction or injuries reported.
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Mr. Chas. Claflin was standing on a coal car at Hopkinton when the brake gave way, causing it to speed down the grade toward Ashland at a tremendous rate. He could not stop it, but it halted at a rise in the grade. The elder Mr. Claflin pursued in a locomotive but only caught up after it stopped.