Daniel L. Goode

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department — New Haven, CT

Accident

End of Watch March 1, 1927

Age 46

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Railroad Policeman Daniel Goode was struck and killed by a locomotive in the South Station Yards in Boston, Massachusetts, at about 12:10 am.

He was accompanying the superintendent of the railroad through the yards. They had just left a signal tower and were crossing the tracks when he was struck.

Policeman Goode had served with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department for seven years. He was a widower and survived by his daughter, three brothers, and two sisters. One of his brothers served as the deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Railroad Policeman Goode gave the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Haven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Railroad Policeman Goode.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department

Location New Haven, CT

Platform Identity nynhhrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 1927

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Railroad Policeman Daniel L. Goode is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Police Department

of 5 officers

100% Accident

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident