TitleFreight train collided with a switch engine Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFreight train collided with a switch engine near negaunee the other morning. John Fisher, engineer ... View Details
TitleStruck by the engine Date1888-07-20 SubjectRailroads Descriptionfreight train which arrived here at one o'clock Monday night brought a man named Stanley Colquist, w... View Details
TitleNegaunee - Oscar Field has his cow struck Date1888-08-03 SubjectRailroads DescriptionOscar Field had his cow struck by a DSS&A Railroad train, Wednesday and badly injured. View Details
TitleAt Michigamme Date1888-08-04 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 6 o'clock, Saturday evening hand cars of the C&NW and of the DSS&A Railroad were racing near Mic... View Details
TitleFred Peterson was killed by Date1888-08-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFred Peterson was killed by a collision of hand cars near Michigamme the other day. View Details
TitleAt Michigamme Date1888-08-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 6 o'clock last Saturday evening hand cars of the C&NW and the South Shore were racing near Michig... View Details
TitleFoot pinched Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionJoe Parrot, a car repairer and one of the old employes on road here was hurt in the lower yards, hav... View Details
TitleRailroads are fast catching up with the mines Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionRailroads are fast catching up with the mines as agents for reducing the population. On Thursday mo... View Details
TitleSmash up Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionOre train and a work train on the DSS&A came together at the east switch at Eagle Mills Saturday. View Details
TitleBad accident Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 6:26 o'clcok Thursday morning, Niles Johnson, a miner who was employed at the Cleveland, was retu... View Details
TitleRock River - early morning train Date1888-09-15 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe early morning train on Thursday struck a fine calf belonging to John Linquist at Rock Kilns and ... View Details
TitleAnna River - about 20 cars loaded with iron Date1888-10-13 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAbout 20 cars loaded with iron ore were dumped over the east trestle here Tuesday morning, caused by... View Details
TitleClaim no. 14 Date1905-03-02 SubjectRailroads DescriptionBy Felix McCarthy, Houghton Michigan, conductor, leg broken October 16, 1888 at South Ishpeming. Fe... View Details
TitleIshpeming - a South Shore freight Date1889-01-12 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA South Shore freight got off the track near Michigamme yesterday afternoon and delayed the evening ... View Details
TitleWhile coupling cars in South Shore Date1889-06-06 SubjectRailroads DescriptionWhile coupling cars in the South Shore yard Monday night, Steve Devine had his hand caught between t... View Details
TitleRequired amputation Date1889-07-22 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA switchman named George Smith met with an accident last Saturday night at 7 o'clock that will rende... View Details
TitleClaim no. 94 Date1889-07-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionClaim No 94, 117, 115 and 149. View Details
TitleWhiskey did it (2 pages) Date1889-08-10 SubjectRailroads DescriptionYesterday's morning issue contained a notice of the horrible accident which befell John Miniter. Th... View Details
TitleClaim no. 164 Date1905-03-03 SubjectRailroads DescriptionEdwin Yelland of Ishpeming Michigan. August 27, 1889, child two years old had second finger of righ... View Details
TitleAccident to a railroad man Date1889-09-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionLast Wednesday, Mr. William Earl foreman of the section hands in Marquette city yards of the DSS&A r... View Details
TitleHoughton.- Saturday night's DSSA& passenger train Date1889-09-14 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSaturday night's DSS&A passenger train which leaves Duluth at 9:30pm ran over a man between Brice an... View Details
TitleFatal accident at Marengo Date1889-09-21 SubjectRailroads DescriptionMr. A. E. Miller returned last Monday evening from Ashland, wisconsin where he had been the legal re... View Details
TitleNegaunee - considerable difficulty Date1889-11-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionConsiderable difficulty was experienced in getting the engine and cars which were thrown off the tra... View Details
TitleNegaunee - there have been lively Date1889-11-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThere have been lively times in the railroad yards for the past few days. Wednesday night a train o... View Details
TitlePenalty of carelessness (2 pages) Date1889-12-28 SubjectRailroads DescriptionShortly after midnight last Saturday, freight engine No 94, drawing a train of 18 cars loaded with c... View Details
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