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James Granger, 1850, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

One of New York’s most notorious industrial accidents was the Hague Street Calamity of 1850, where more than sixty men and boys were killed in a boiler explosion that demolished two buildings. James Granger, was among the fatalities; one of several whose remains took two days to identify. Only twenty-five years-old at the time, he left a wife and two young children.

Status: Located
Plot: Lot 5546 Sec 44

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, USA

Notes: The Green-Wood Cemetery
500 - 25th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11232-1317
Phone: 718-768-7300
Web site: http://www.green-wood.com/

Cemetery Photos

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1		Early Granger and Mary Dougherty Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
2		George Mowbray Granger and wife, Annie Reid Wilcox After George's death, Annie married Theodore R. Eveland 28 Nov 1900
3		James Granger, 1850, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY One of New York’s most notorious industrial accidents was the Hague Street Calamity of 1850, where more than sixty men and boys were killed in a boiler explosion that demolished two buildings. James Granger, was among the fatalities; one of several whose remains took two days to identify. Only twenty-five years-old at the time, he left a wife and two young children.

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