Killed at St. Ignace

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Wesley Perron Railroad collection
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Title
Killed at St. Ignace
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Contributor (ctb): Perron, Wesley E.
Contributor (ctb): Peter White Public Library
Creator (cre): Mining Journal (Marquette, Mich.)
Contributor (ctb): Superiorland Library Cooperative
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Transcription of newspaper article from the Mining Journal (Marquette, Mich.), Dec. 11, 1886, regarding how Toussaint Sharkey was run over by the cars at St. Ignace and killed.
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English
Subject Topic
Subject Topic
Railroads
Subject Corporate Name
Subject Corporate Name
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Marquette (Mich.)
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Date Created
1886-12-11
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1 item
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Notes (documents)
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Wesley Perron Railroad collection
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SLC-017
Note
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Electronic reproduction of: Transcription of newspaper article : Mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Dec. 11, 1886.
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Source: The Mining Journal Marquette, Mi. December 11, 1886 Killed at St. Ignace Monday morning Toussaint Sharkey was run over by the cars at St. Ignace and killed. "August", as he was called by railroad men, was a brakeman on the freight train, and when he made his run down from Marquette Saturday his wife accompanied him and spent Sunday at the Point. She was returning on the train which killed her husband . It is not know whether his foot slipped or whether he had a fit and thus fuell under the wheels, as he was subject to fits. He was killed instantly. Sharkey was about 40 years of age and resided on Rock street in this city; ...
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Mining Journal (Marquette, Mich.). “Killed at St. Ignace”. Notes (documents). Wesley Perron Railroad collection. https://uplink.nmu.edu/node/55526.
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