The Republican journal., 1912-02-22
MOTHER AND SON DIE ALMOST AT
THE SANE TINE.

Mrs. Olive F. Crane Succumbs to Shock,
After Illness of About an Hour. w. w.
Crane Drops Dead on the Street. Latter
Was Fastening to Secure Medical At
tendance for Aged Parent.
LYNN, Mass, Daily Item. Feb. 10th.l
The home OF William H. Crane at ass
/ Eastern avenue is in mourning today
over the sudden death of two members
of the family, mother and son, early this
morning.
Mrs. Olive F. Crane, aged 10, the
mother, Died at ~ 50 o'clock. from a
shock after an illness of less than an
hour, and her son, Warren W. Crane,
aged SO, dropped dead on Chestnut street
at II. 80 O'Clock while hurrying for medi-
cal assistance for his mother.
When a Lynn policeman visited the
Crane home to notify the members of the
family of the sudden death of the son,
they found that the mother, too, had
crossed the great divide. The husband
and father is Frustrated today because
of the two sudden deaths.
The son was found dead, lying face
downward between the tracks at switch
of the Euclid avenue and Myrtle street
car line in front of PIG Chatham street,
and opposite Ingalls, street. The body
was first seen by Herbert Newhall, the
motorman Of the car, bound-for Myrtle
street at 1926 o'clock. Patrolman
Arthur ]. Flanagan was an occupant of
the car, and with John ]. McGaffey of 81
Robinson street, who was riding in the
front vestibule, hurried to the side of the
motionless form between the rails. The
body was facing downwards and blood
was squirting from the nostrils.
Flanagan worked over the BODY in an
effort to restore consciousness, assisted
by Herman Haines, local dentist, while
went to nearby patrol box and sent in
a call for the ambulance. 1t was Patrol
man Flanagan's first impression that
Crane was dead, but he continued his eff
fort to restore breathing and heart action
until the arrival of the patrol wagon.
The body was removed to the Lynn hos
pital, where the house physicians report
ed, after an examination, that death had
taken place as the result of heart failure,
and that probably it had occurred within
a minute or two from the time that Crane
fell forward upon the tracks.
The body was then removed to Haven s
undertaking rooms, where it was identi-
fed by papers found in the pockets of
tn clothing. Any theory of foul play
was dispelled by finding Cranes wallet
containing S36. go in his pocket, together
with his watch and other articles of value
1t was not until the police visited
Cranes home that the circumstances of
death were learned. A sufferer from
heart trouble, he had hurried on his
clothes and rushed from the house to
summon medical assistance for his moth
er, forgetful of warning from his ply
slclan not to over exert himself under
any circumstances. 1t is believed that
I he ran fully mile before he dropped on
the street.
! Mrs. Crane, the mother, was in an I'M
conscious condition and gasping for
breath when he left the house, but she
lived nearly half hour after the time
I when it is believed that her son died
while hurrying for physician. 1t is be-
lleved that owing to the nature of her ILL
i ness and her advanced age that medical
assistance would have been without avail
if Crane had succeeded in securing the
services of doctor as soon as he had ex-
pected.
Mrs. Crane was born in Belfast, Me-,
April 10, 1889, the daughter of Capt.
i Vinal Mayhem, and had lived in Lynn for
: oo years, moving ueTe lfOu bOSCOn. One
j is survived by husband; two sons, AL
! bert H. and William N. Crane, both of
! this city; three sisters, Mrs Mary Meal
vey and Mrs. ]. G. Knight of this city
! and Mrs. Jane Patterson of Great Falls,
N. H., end two brothers, Vinal Mayhem
of this city and George Mayhem of Bel
fast. She was a member of Arbutus
! Lodge of Odd Ladies.
Z! Warren W. Crane was 80 years of age
and was born in Boston. He was en-
! ployed as bother by C. B. Coates in
this city. He was well known in the
eastern part of the city, where he had
! resided with his parents and brothers
practically all of his life.
i Medical Examiner Joseph G. Pinkham
examined the bodies of both mother and
son, and reported death due to natural
causes in each case.