MATTITUCK MAN DIES, BROTHER BADLY INJURED IN GRADE CROSSING COLLISION
2nd Crossing Accident At Mattituck Within The Past Ten Days
John Henry Moisa, 21-year-old farmer of Cox's Neck Road, Mattituck, died instantly of a broken neck, and his brother Edward Moisa, 32, of the same address, was seriously injured Tuesday at 4:42 PM in the grade crossing collision of their farm truck and westbound Long Island passenger train on Wickham Ave in Mattituck. The crossing, located about 850 feet east of the Mattituck depot, is protected by flashing signal lights installed about a year ago.
The brothers had taken on a load of seed potatoes and fertilizer at the F H Vahlsing warehouse which is on the southeast corner of the intersection formed by the railroad tracks and Wickham Ave. The heavily loaded truck, with the elder brother at the wheel, had just made a right turn out of the Vahlsing driveway and was headed north to cross the tracks when the locomotive struck it in the right center, hurling it onto the west side of the street.
The younger brother who was sitting on the right side of the seat, took the full impact of the collision and was killed instantly. Edward was thrown clear of the wreckage. He was given first-aid treatment at the scene by Dr Stanley H Janeczko of Mattituck who ordered him taken to the Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport. First reports were that his most serious injury was eight rib fractures on the right side and his condition was described as fair. Later however the possibility of serious internal injuries developed and Wednesday at 4 AM, four members of the Mattituck Fire Department were called to the hospital and gave three pints of blood for a transfusion.
The train, No 211 proceeded on its run after a short delay. Conductor Charles Noe of Jamaica was in charge of the train crew and Engineer Michael Brown of Greenport was at the throttle.
The 1947 Chevrolet platform truck, a two-ton job, was badly damaged and fertilizer and potatoes were strewn along the tracks.
Southold Town Police Chief Otto Anrig and one of his patrolmen, William H Granger carried out an investigation, aided by Corporal Henry J Resling and Trooper Joseph Casey of the State Police at Flanders. Coroner J Mott Heath of Greenport was notified and gave permission for the removal of young Moisa's body to the Leonard & Rogers funeral home in Cutchogue. An inquest will be conducted at a later date.
Moisa was the victim of the second grade crossing accident to occur in Mattituck in a little over a week. Two persons escaped serious injury in a crash on Love Lane in the heart of the village on the early morning of March 27.
Born in Mattituck July 8, 1927, Moisa was the son of Mr and Mrs John Moisa of Cox's Neck Road. Surviving in addition to his parents are three brothers, Edward and Joseph of Mattituck and William of Riverhead, and three sisters, Mrs Helen Filla and the Misses Sophie and Julia Moisa of Mattituck. He served in World War II with a US Army military police unit and was a member of Raymond Cleaves Post, American Legion of Mattituck. He was engaged to Miss Georgianna Berkoski of Peconic.
Requiem mass will be offered this Friday at 9 AM at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R C Church, Cutchogue by the Rev Francis G Makowski, pastor. Burial with military honors will follow in the family plot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cutchogue.
Published in The Watchman on Thurs Apr 7, 1949 p1
2nd Crossing Accident At Mattituck Within The Past Ten Days
John Henry Moisa, 21-year-old farmer of Cox's Neck Road, Mattituck, died instantly of a broken neck, and his brother Edward Moisa, 32, of the same address, was seriously injured Tuesday at 4:42 PM in the grade crossing collision of their farm truck and westbound Long Island passenger train on Wickham Ave in Mattituck. The crossing, located about 850 feet east of the Mattituck depot, is protected by flashing signal lights installed about a year ago.
The brothers had taken on a load of seed potatoes and fertilizer at the F H Vahlsing warehouse which is on the southeast corner of the intersection formed by the railroad tracks and Wickham Ave. The heavily loaded truck, with the elder brother at the wheel, had just made a right turn out of the Vahlsing driveway and was headed north to cross the tracks when the locomotive struck it in the right center, hurling it onto the west side of the street.
The younger brother who was sitting on the right side of the seat, took the full impact of the collision and was killed instantly. Edward was thrown clear of the wreckage. He was given first-aid treatment at the scene by Dr Stanley H Janeczko of Mattituck who ordered him taken to the Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport. First reports were that his most serious injury was eight rib fractures on the right side and his condition was described as fair. Later however the possibility of serious internal injuries developed and Wednesday at 4 AM, four members of the Mattituck Fire Department were called to the hospital and gave three pints of blood for a transfusion.
The train, No 211 proceeded on its run after a short delay. Conductor Charles Noe of Jamaica was in charge of the train crew and Engineer Michael Brown of Greenport was at the throttle.
The 1947 Chevrolet platform truck, a two-ton job, was badly damaged and fertilizer and potatoes were strewn along the tracks.
Southold Town Police Chief Otto Anrig and one of his patrolmen, William H Granger carried out an investigation, aided by Corporal Henry J Resling and Trooper Joseph Casey of the State Police at Flanders. Coroner J Mott Heath of Greenport was notified and gave permission for the removal of young Moisa's body to the Leonard & Rogers funeral home in Cutchogue. An inquest will be conducted at a later date.
Moisa was the victim of the second grade crossing accident to occur in Mattituck in a little over a week. Two persons escaped serious injury in a crash on Love Lane in the heart of the village on the early morning of March 27.
Born in Mattituck July 8, 1927, Moisa was the son of Mr and Mrs John Moisa of Cox's Neck Road. Surviving in addition to his parents are three brothers, Edward and Joseph of Mattituck and William of Riverhead, and three sisters, Mrs Helen Filla and the Misses Sophie and Julia Moisa of Mattituck. He served in World War II with a US Army military police unit and was a member of Raymond Cleaves Post, American Legion of Mattituck. He was engaged to Miss Georgianna Berkoski of Peconic.
Requiem mass will be offered this Friday at 9 AM at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R C Church, Cutchogue by the Rev Francis G Makowski, pastor. Burial with military honors will follow in the family plot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cutchogue.
Published in The Watchman on Thurs Apr 7, 1949 p1
MATTITUCK MAN DIES, BROTHER BADLY INJURED IN GRADE CROSSING COLLISION
2nd Crossing Accident At Mattituck Within The Past Ten Days
John Henry Moisa, 21-year-old farmer of Cox's Neck Road, Mattituck, died instantly of a broken neck, and his brother Edward Moisa, 32, of the same address, was seriously injured Tuesday at 4:42 PM in the grade crossing collision of their farm truck and westbound Long Island passenger train on Wickham Ave in Mattituck. The crossing, located about 850 feet east of the Mattituck depot, is protected by flashing signal lights installed about a year ago.
The brothers had taken on a load of seed potatoes and fertilizer at the F H Vahlsing warehouse which is on the southeast corner of the intersection formed by the railroad tracks and Wickham Ave. The heavily loaded truck, with the elder brother at the wheel, had just made a right turn out of the Vahlsing driveway and was headed north to cross the tracks when the locomotive struck it in the right center, hurling it onto the west side of the street.
The younger brother who was sitting on the right side of the seat, took the full impact of the collision and was killed instantly. Edward was thrown clear of the wreckage. He was given first-aid treatment at the scene by Dr Stanley H Janeczko of Mattituck who ordered him taken to the Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport. First reports were that his most serious injury was eight rib fractures on the right side and his condition was described as fair. Later however the possibility of serious internal injuries developed and Wednesday at 4 AM, four members of the Mattituck Fire Department were called to the hospital and gave three pints of blood for a transfusion.
The train, No 211 proceeded on its run after a short delay. Conductor Charles Noe of Jamaica was in charge of the train crew and Engineer Michael Brown of Greenport was at the throttle.
The 1947 Chevrolet platform truck, a two-ton job, was badly damaged and fertilizer and potatoes were strewn along the tracks.
Southold Town Police Chief Otto Anrig and one of his patrolmen, William H Granger carried out an investigation, aided by Corporal Henry J Resling and Trooper Joseph Casey of the State Police at Flanders. Coroner J Mott Heath of Greenport was notified and gave permission for the removal of young Moisa's body to the Leonard & Rogers funeral home in Cutchogue. An inquest will be conducted at a later date.
Moisa was the victim of the second grade crossing accident to occur in Mattituck in a little over a week. Two persons escaped serious injury in a crash on Love Lane in the heart of the village on the early morning of March 27.
Born in Mattituck July 8, 1927, Moisa was the son of Mr and Mrs John Moisa of Cox's Neck Road. Surviving in addition to his parents are three brothers, Edward and Joseph of Mattituck and William of Riverhead, and three sisters, Mrs Helen Filla and the Misses Sophie and Julia Moisa of Mattituck. He served in World War II with a US Army military police unit and was a member of Raymond Cleaves Post, American Legion of Mattituck. He was engaged to Miss Georgianna Berkoski of Peconic.
Requiem mass will be offered this Friday at 9 AM at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R C Church, Cutchogue by the Rev Francis G Makowski, pastor. Burial with military honors will follow in the family plot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cutchogue.
Published in The Watchman on Thurs Apr 7, 1949 p1
2nd Crossing Accident At Mattituck Within The Past Ten Days
John Henry Moisa, 21-year-old farmer of Cox's Neck Road, Mattituck, died instantly of a broken neck, and his brother Edward Moisa, 32, of the same address, was seriously injured Tuesday at 4:42 PM in the grade crossing collision of their farm truck and westbound Long Island passenger train on Wickham Ave in Mattituck. The crossing, located about 850 feet east of the Mattituck depot, is protected by flashing signal lights installed about a year ago.
The brothers had taken on a load of seed potatoes and fertilizer at the F H Vahlsing warehouse which is on the southeast corner of the intersection formed by the railroad tracks and Wickham Ave. The heavily loaded truck, with the elder brother at the wheel, had just made a right turn out of the Vahlsing driveway and was headed north to cross the tracks when the locomotive struck it in the right center, hurling it onto the west side of the street.
The younger brother who was sitting on the right side of the seat, took the full impact of the collision and was killed instantly. Edward was thrown clear of the wreckage. He was given first-aid treatment at the scene by Dr Stanley H Janeczko of Mattituck who ordered him taken to the Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport. First reports were that his most serious injury was eight rib fractures on the right side and his condition was described as fair. Later however the possibility of serious internal injuries developed and Wednesday at 4 AM, four members of the Mattituck Fire Department were called to the hospital and gave three pints of blood for a transfusion.
The train, No 211 proceeded on its run after a short delay. Conductor Charles Noe of Jamaica was in charge of the train crew and Engineer Michael Brown of Greenport was at the throttle.
The 1947 Chevrolet platform truck, a two-ton job, was badly damaged and fertilizer and potatoes were strewn along the tracks.
Southold Town Police Chief Otto Anrig and one of his patrolmen, William H Granger carried out an investigation, aided by Corporal Henry J Resling and Trooper Joseph Casey of the State Police at Flanders. Coroner J Mott Heath of Greenport was notified and gave permission for the removal of young Moisa's body to the Leonard & Rogers funeral home in Cutchogue. An inquest will be conducted at a later date.
Moisa was the victim of the second grade crossing accident to occur in Mattituck in a little over a week. Two persons escaped serious injury in a crash on Love Lane in the heart of the village on the early morning of March 27.
Born in Mattituck July 8, 1927, Moisa was the son of Mr and Mrs John Moisa of Cox's Neck Road. Surviving in addition to his parents are three brothers, Edward and Joseph of Mattituck and William of Riverhead, and three sisters, Mrs Helen Filla and the Misses Sophie and Julia Moisa of Mattituck. He served in World War II with a US Army military police unit and was a member of Raymond Cleaves Post, American Legion of Mattituck. He was engaged to Miss Georgianna Berkoski of Peconic.
Requiem mass will be offered this Friday at 9 AM at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R C Church, Cutchogue by the Rev Francis G Makowski, pastor. Burial with military honors will follow in the family plot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cutchogue.
Published in The Watchman on Thurs Apr 7, 1949 p1
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