At Michigamme, 1888-08-11

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Abstract/Description: Transcription of newspaper article from the Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Aug. 11, 1888, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company.
Subject(s): Railroads
Marquette (Mich.)
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
Date Created: 1888-08-11
Title: At Michigamme, 1888-08-11.
Name(s): Perron, Wesley E., contributor
Peter White Public Library, contributor
Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), creator
Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor
Type of Resource: text
Date Created: 1888-08-11
Physical Form: notes (documents)
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: Transcription of newspaper article from the Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Aug. 11, 1888, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company.
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Electronic reproduction of: Transcription from Daily mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Aug. 11, 1888.

Source: The Mining Journal Marquette, Mi. August 11, 1888 Saturday At Michigamme At 6 o'clock last Saturday evening h and cars of the C and NW and the South Shore were racing near Michigamme when returning from work, the latter being in the lead. When at the crossing by the Michigamme mine a miner named Fred Peterson, wno was going home from work, stepped off the South Shore track to avoid their car, and was caught by the C and NW car, loaded with six men, running beyond control. The car was hurled from the track when it struck him, and Peterson was so badly injured that he died at 11 o' clock Saturday night. Two of the men on the car were also hurt, but not seriously. Peterson, a married man. C and NW DSS and A

Subject(s): Railroads
Marquette (Mich.)
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
Restrictions on Access: In the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Wesley Perron Railroad collection. Identifier: SLC-017
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