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Title
Ishpeming
Institution
Peter White Public Library

Subject
Railroads

Subject
Railroad accidents

Subject
Ishpeming (Mich.)

Item Number
AB01b154

Type
text

Description
As the local freight which leaves Marquette eastbound every morning, No 24 was entering St. Ignace Tuesday night at ten o'clock, G. B. Chaffey, a breakeman making Marquette his headquarters, fell from the side of a box car and one leg crushed under the wheels.

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