VETERAN CENTRAL CONDUCTOR DEAD
John W. Crimmins, First Captain on Philadelphia Flyer, Passes Away at Home on Hazle Street
ON MOUNTAIN PARK CREW
Conducted trains for Many Years to Famous Old Resort on Mountainside
John W. Crimmins, an employee of Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for thirty-nine years, and a conductor on many of that road's passenger trains, died last evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his son, W. J. Crimmins, 74S Hazle street. He had been in ill health for a number of years and bad been bedfast for five weeks. He was born April 2, 1853 in Towanda.
He first worked for the Central Railroad at Penobscot moving from there to Scranton and to Ashley in 1896. He was married by Rev. W. J. Day in Ashley to Eevlyn Lazarus of West Pittston. Two children survive, W. J. and George, both of Hanover Township, formerly of Ashley. He has a brother D. J. Crimmins in Montana and a sister, Mrs. Ella Boyle in Seattle.
Mr. Crimmins was the first conductor on the Jersey Central morning flyer to Philadelphia running through to Philadelphia. He was conductor on many of the road's passenger trains and for years was familiar to thousands of Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna County excursionists to famous Old Mountain Park as conductor of the picnic train. As an old time conductor he was familiar with all divisions of the railroad and was qualified for service on any and all trains. He was also employed for a time on Lehigh Valley Railroad.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock and interment will be in Hyde Park Cemetery, Scranton.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 23 Sep 1925)
John W. Crimmins, First Captain on Philadelphia Flyer, Passes Away at Home on Hazle Street
ON MOUNTAIN PARK CREW
Conducted trains for Many Years to Famous Old Resort on Mountainside
John W. Crimmins, an employee of Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for thirty-nine years, and a conductor on many of that road's passenger trains, died last evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his son, W. J. Crimmins, 74S Hazle street. He had been in ill health for a number of years and bad been bedfast for five weeks. He was born April 2, 1853 in Towanda.
He first worked for the Central Railroad at Penobscot moving from there to Scranton and to Ashley in 1896. He was married by Rev. W. J. Day in Ashley to Eevlyn Lazarus of West Pittston. Two children survive, W. J. and George, both of Hanover Township, formerly of Ashley. He has a brother D. J. Crimmins in Montana and a sister, Mrs. Ella Boyle in Seattle.
Mr. Crimmins was the first conductor on the Jersey Central morning flyer to Philadelphia running through to Philadelphia. He was conductor on many of the road's passenger trains and for years was familiar to thousands of Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna County excursionists to famous Old Mountain Park as conductor of the picnic train. As an old time conductor he was familiar with all divisions of the railroad and was qualified for service on any and all trains. He was also employed for a time on Lehigh Valley Railroad.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock and interment will be in Hyde Park Cemetery, Scranton.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 23 Sep 1925)
VETERAN CENTRAL CONDUCTOR DEAD
John W. Crimmins, First Captain on Philadelphia Flyer, Passes Away at Home on Hazle Street
ON MOUNTAIN PARK CREW
Conducted trains for Many Years to Famous Old Resort on Mountainside
John W. Crimmins, an employee of Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for thirty-nine years, and a conductor on many of that road's passenger trains, died last evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his son, W. J. Crimmins, 74S Hazle street. He had been in ill health for a number of years and bad been bedfast for five weeks. He was born April 2, 1853 in Towanda.
He first worked for the Central Railroad at Penobscot moving from there to Scranton and to Ashley in 1896. He was married by Rev. W. J. Day in Ashley to Eevlyn Lazarus of West Pittston. Two children survive, W. J. and George, both of Hanover Township, formerly of Ashley. He has a brother D. J. Crimmins in Montana and a sister, Mrs. Ella Boyle in Seattle.
Mr. Crimmins was the first conductor on the Jersey Central morning flyer to Philadelphia running through to Philadelphia. He was conductor on many of the road's passenger trains and for years was familiar to thousands of Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna County excursionists to famous Old Mountain Park as conductor of the picnic train. As an old time conductor he was familiar with all divisions of the railroad and was qualified for service on any and all trains. He was also employed for a time on Lehigh Valley Railroad.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock and interment will be in Hyde Park Cemetery, Scranton.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 23 Sep 1925)
John W. Crimmins, First Captain on Philadelphia Flyer, Passes Away at Home on Hazle Street
ON MOUNTAIN PARK CREW
Conducted trains for Many Years to Famous Old Resort on Mountainside
John W. Crimmins, an employee of Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for thirty-nine years, and a conductor on many of that road's passenger trains, died last evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his son, W. J. Crimmins, 74S Hazle street. He had been in ill health for a number of years and bad been bedfast for five weeks. He was born April 2, 1853 in Towanda.
He first worked for the Central Railroad at Penobscot moving from there to Scranton and to Ashley in 1896. He was married by Rev. W. J. Day in Ashley to Eevlyn Lazarus of West Pittston. Two children survive, W. J. and George, both of Hanover Township, formerly of Ashley. He has a brother D. J. Crimmins in Montana and a sister, Mrs. Ella Boyle in Seattle.
Mr. Crimmins was the first conductor on the Jersey Central morning flyer to Philadelphia running through to Philadelphia. He was conductor on many of the road's passenger trains and for years was familiar to thousands of Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna County excursionists to famous Old Mountain Park as conductor of the picnic train. As an old time conductor he was familiar with all divisions of the railroad and was qualified for service on any and all trains. He was also employed for a time on Lehigh Valley Railroad.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock and interment will be in Hyde Park Cemetery, Scranton.
(Wilkes-Barre Record, 23 Sep 1925)
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