May 14, 1955-Former Police Chief Thomas Lydon, 64, died at the wheel of his car about 1 a. m. today, apparently after suffering a heart attack.
Lydon collapsed as he was driving along Willow St. and the automobile crashed into a utility pole. He was dead on arrival at Norwood Hospital.
He was a member of the Norwood police force for 35 years; for 20 years he served as a sergeant and for five as chief. He belonged to the Massachusetts Association of Police Chiefs.
He leaves three children: Martin of Norwood and Thomas, Jr., of Millis: and Mary Lydon of Washington, D. C.
(The Boston Globe-May 14, 1955)
14 May 1955, Sat The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)
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