She was killed, at the age of 19, in an accident while attempting to take a short-cut on the Long Island Rail Road (Jamaica station) tracks in a sudden rainstorm. Mary was electrocuted when she slipped and hit the third rail, despite attempts to save her by at least two others and a physician on the scene.
Her sister Catherine was saved when a young boy got on another set of tracks and flagged down an oncoming train where her sister, Catherine, had fallen -- and in time to have the engineer stop the train.
She was killed, at the age of 19, in an accident while attempting to take a short-cut on the Long Island Rail Road (Jamaica station) tracks in a sudden rainstorm. Mary was electrocuted when she slipped and hit the third rail, despite attempts to save her by at least two others and a physician on the scene.
Her sister Catherine was saved when a young boy got on another set of tracks and flagged down an oncoming train where her sister, Catherine, had fallen -- and in time to have the engineer stop the train.
Family Members
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Lawrence Joseph Skrzypek
1909–1966
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Joseph Lawrence Skrzypek
1909–1977
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Frances Skrzypek Sliwa
1910–1996
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Catherine "Kay" Skrzypek
1914–1999
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Caroline "Carole" Skrzypek
1917–2016
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Thomas J Skrzypek
1919–2000
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Andrew P Skrzypek
1920–2003
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John Skrzypek
1922–1972
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Paul Skrzypek
1925–2016
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Stanley T Skrypek
1928–2001
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