tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post4970867426949711871..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: From 1937: Middletown Bicyclist In Midnight AccidentMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-41003379707473117922012-09-09T12:13:25.055-04:002012-09-09T12:13:25.055-04:00OMG....Thank you anonymous medium. I find mediums...OMG....Thank you anonymous medium. I find mediums fascinating. I know this has nothing to do with the article but without mediums a lot of people would not have closure and I would not of had this very needed laugh in regards to the "accident".brendaz1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13860126301617603299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-60829636471063545422012-09-02T19:12:19.999-04:002012-09-02T19:12:19.999-04:00I channelled Policeman George Dunn to resolve this...I channelled Policeman George Dunn to resolve this. It seems that the bicyclist was struck at 1:50pm as stated in the article. HOWEVER,Mr Stratton did have an "accident" at midnight as the night shift at the hospital was slow in providing a bedpan. Newspapers were less sensational in those days and didn't want to go into details about the "accident".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-50108109403536759352012-09-02T15:48:14.624-04:002012-09-02T15:48:14.624-04:00Just to pile on further, the article actually desc...Just to pile on further, the article actually describes the accident as occurring at 1:50 p.m. -- hardly the middle of the night, unless things were very different in 1937. Tree Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316406189138157909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-12321988360452873322012-09-02T13:26:05.407-04:002012-09-02T13:26:05.407-04:00I think by "midnight" they mean "in...I think by "midnight" they mean "in the middle of the night." Which seems to make sense to me.Paul Bourquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961145264218083288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-3372115380591564822012-09-02T12:44:04.666-04:002012-09-02T12:44:04.666-04:00Careful readers of my "This date in history&q...Careful readers of my "This date in history" contributions will have noticed mistakes in other historical reprints as well. <br />Remember this when you pine for those lost days of mistakes-free news reporting. They didn't exist. Stephen H. Devotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374269026354108582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-27827582452344152532012-09-02T12:08:58.770-04:002012-09-02T12:08:58.770-04:00Midnight? Not according to the story.Midnight? Not according to the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com