Looking for records of a 1918 train accident Lunenburg, MA

Dear JC Reardon,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located Railroad Accident Investigation Reports, 1911 - 1963 in the Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission (Record Group 134). For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at Archives2reference@nara.gov.

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You may also wish to contact local courthouses and law enforcement authorities for Lunenburg, Massachusetts, to inquire about records of any investigations or coroner reports that may have been conducted by local authorities. Also, local public libraries may have back issues of local newspapers with articles concerning the accident.

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There were at least two articles on Newspapers.com about the incident.  (To view these links, you would need a paid subscription, to sign up for a free trial, or free access through some local libraries or other such entities.)

Boston Globe

29 Jan 1918

Front page

Three Camp Devens Workmen Killed – Four Others Injured in Auto Struck at Lunenberg

https://www.newspapers.com/image/430737879/?terms=Lunenburg%20train&match=1

Fitchburg Sentinel (Massachusetts)

29 Jan 1918

Main headline on the front page, continuing on page 9

Three Killed as Auto and Engine Crash at Crossing

https://www.newspapers.com/image/65128367/?terms=Lunenburg%20train&match=1

There may be articles in other papers in other locations, as well.