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- 1 2 3 4 Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners (1887). Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners 1887. pp. 64–68. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ↑ "Wrecked in a washout". The New York Times. April 8, 1886.
- ↑ "Ten Killed In the Deerfield Disaster". The Boston Daily Globe. April 9, 1886.