COLES, Elizabeth

1829 - 1900  (70 years)

• Name	COLES, Elizabeth
  Birth	16 Nov 1829	Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Obituary	From Brooklyn Daily Times, 30 Jul 1900: From the Brooklyn Daily Times, 31 Jul 1900 TWO WOMEN KILLED BY TRAIN Fatal Accident This Morning at Yaphank. VICTIMS FROM WADING RIVER. MRS. VALENTINE AND MRS. TINNEY DIED INSTANTLY. Their Carriage Struck by the Greenport Westbound Express - Remains Taken to the Almshouse. YAPHANK, July 30.-The Greenport express train, leaving there at 8:08 this morning, struck and killed two women at the highway crossing near the railroad station here. The women were Elizabeth Valentine, aged about sixty-five, and her daughter, Mrs. Jean Tinney, aged about forty, both of Wading River. The two women were driving from their home to the south side of the Island, Brookhaven being their destination. They probably did not notice the approach of the train, though it could have been seen a long distance away, the track being straight. The train was proceeding at full speed when the brakes were suddenly appiled and the train came to a standstill as soon as possible. The locomotive struck the horse and knocked it along the track about 100 feet, of course killing it. The carriage, a pretty red runabout, was smashed to splinters. The two women were the only occupants of the carriage. One was thrown a distance of fifty feet and the other about twenty-five feet. Both were dead when the trainmen reached them, havIng. in all probability, been killed instantly. The skull of one woman was crushed and the other one's spine seems to have been severed. Both bodies were badly bruised. The remains were conveyed to the Suffolk County Almshouse nearby, and Coroner Moore, Bay Shore, was notified. The remains were left at Almshouse, pending his arrival later in the day, and disposition of the remains. The train proceeded to Long Island City.  [2]
  Death	30 Jul 1900	Yaphank, Suffolk, NY, USA   [2]
  	Killed by speeding train
  Person ID	I408	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	COLES, Thomas,   b. 11 Apr 1782, New York d. 26 Jan 1859 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	HEWLETT, Amelia,   b. 28 Sep 1789, Cold Springs, Long Island, New York d. 19 Apr 1878, Glen Cove, Long Island, NY (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1808  [3, 4]
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  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	VALENTINE, Joseph Craft
  Children	1. VALENTINE, Isaac Rushmore,   b. 7 Sep 1870, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York d. 6 May 1950, 334 E Main Street, Patchogue, Suffolk, NY USA (Age 79 years)   2. VALENTINE, Jean Falconer   d. 30 Jul 1900, Yaphank, Suffolk, NY, USA
  Family ID	F1243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 16 Nov 1829 - Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Death - 30 Jul 1900 - Yaphank, Suffolk, NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S96] Notes on Coles Family by Edna Valentine Trapnell Bruce, (Unpublished). [S1695] Two Women Killed By Train. [S49] Edna Sarah Valentine, Edna Valentine Bruce Notes on Barteau, Valentine, Coles, Trapnell, and other family lines, (Unpublished). [S704] Peter Ross, (Lewis Publishing Company, 1902), Amelia, wife of Thomas Coles.