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Baraga
TitleBaraga
Date1892-10-08
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionFreight train over four hours late Monday evening on account of a wreck at Michigamme.
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Worthy car checker and general pusher of the DSS&A
TitleWorthy car checker and general pusher of the DSS&A
Date1905-05-29
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionThe worthy car checker and general pusher of the DSS&A located at Mackinaw came near meeting with a ...
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Hurt in collision
TitleHurt in collision
Date1892-08-06
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionClifford Bernard, the engineer on DSS&A switch engine No 12, was probably fatally hurt in a collisio...
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Dr. Northrup severely hurt
TitleDr. Northrup severely hurt
Date1892-08-06
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionThe community was shocked yesterday when it became known that Dr. George J. Northrup, chief surgeon ...
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Saturday
TitleSaturday's wreck
Date1892-08-06
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionA few minutes after 11:00 last Saturday morning, the sleeper and last coach of the westbound Lake Su...
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Tim Hurly
TitleTim Hurly
Date1892-06-04
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionTim Hurley, brakeman on the South Shore had his foot badly sequeezed between two ore cars on the tra...
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Wreck occurred on the long bridge
TitleWreck occurred on the long bridge
Date1892-04-23
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionWreck occurred on the long bridge, South of Chassell, Friday on the DSS&A. The tender of the locomo...
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Log train
TitleLog train
Date2004-02-13
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionAt 5 o'clock Tuesday morning a log train was partially wrecked at Brown's siding, a small station th...
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Log train going down the L
TitleLog train going down the L'Anse hill
Date1892-01-23
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionA log train going down the L'anse hill on the DSS&A ran away Janurary 12 and collided with a freight...
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Down hill slide (2 pages)
TitleDown hill slide (2 pages)
Date1892-01-23
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionA long wild screech from a locomotive, a thundering rumble, a crash. This is what disturbed the qui...
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Another Runaway Train (2 Pages)
TitleAnother Runaway Train (2 Pages)
Date1892-01-16
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionAnother big wreck went down on the record for the dreaded L'Anse hill Monday morning and the offical...
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L
TitleL'Anse wreck
Date1892-01-16
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionBridge over the Falls river was replaced so that passenger train could pass over at noon Wednesday a...
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On account of the smash up at L
TitleOn account of the smash up at L'Anse last Monday
Date1892-01-16
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionOn account of the smash up at L'anse last Monday our mail trains from the east were late several day...
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Why is it that wrecks and runaways occur so frequently on this end of the road
TitleWhy is it that wrecks and runaways occur so frequently on this end of the road
Date1892-01-16
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionWhy is it That wrecks and runaways occur so requently on this end of the road lately is a question o...
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Fatal Wreck
TitleFatal Wreck
Date1892-01-02
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionAbout 8 oclock Saturday morning a fatal wreck occurred between Humboldt and Champion caused by a hea...
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Derailed Train at Dan Smith
TitleDerailed Train at Dan Smith's Hotel
Date1908
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionPhotograph of a Pere Marquette train that derailed into Dan Smith's Coffee House and Hotel, which wa...
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Pere Marquette train wreck of July 20, 1907
TitlePere Marquette train wreck of July 20, 1907
Date1907
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907.
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Pere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
Date1907
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem (four miles west of Plymou...
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Pere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
Date1907
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionGlass plate negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. An eastb...
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Pere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
Date1907
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. Because ...
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Pere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907
Date1907
SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth
DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. A passen...
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Rapid truck in ditch near Algona, Iowa, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
TitleRapid truck in ditch near Algona, Iowa, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Date1909-07
SubjectGlidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)
Description4.5x6.25 black and white photograph of Rapid truck stuck in ditch, men with ropes pulling the truck ...
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Rapid truck in ditch near Algona, Iowa, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
TitleRapid truck in ditch near Algona, Iowa, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Date1909-07
SubjectGlidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)
Description4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of Rapid truck in ditch, three men chaining it to the back on a v...
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