Killed : August Swenberg

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Wesley Perron Railroad collection
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Title
Killed : August Swenberg
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Contributor (ctb): Perron, Wesley E.
Contributor (ctb): Peter White Public Library
Creator (cre): Negaunee Iron Herald (Negaunee, Mich.)
Contributor (ctb): Superiorland Library Cooperative
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Transcription of newspaper article from the Negaunee iron herald (Negaunee, Mich.), Jan. 5, 1888, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company.
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English
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Subject Topic
Railroads
Subject Corporate Name
Subject Corporate Name
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
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Geographic Subject
Negaunee (Mich.)
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Date Created
1888-01-05
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1 item
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Notes (documents)
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Title
Wesley Perron Railroad collection
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SLC-017
Note
Note
Electronic reproduction of: Transcription from Negaunee iron herald (Negaunee, Mich.), Jan. 5, 1888.
Note
Source: Negaunee Iron Herald Negaunee, L.S., Mi. January 5, 1888 Thursday Killed August Swenberg, a deaf mute of Ishpeming, was run over and killed by passenger train No. 4, of the DSS and A on Monday night. Swenberg was walking on the railroad track to the New York location, and being unable to hear the warning signal which was sounded by engineer Pat Keyes, met with a horrible death. His head, right h and and left leg were cut off and his body so badly mangled that it was almost impossible to identify him. An inquest was held yesterday and a verdict exonerating the railroad and engineer rendered.
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Negaunee Iron Herald (Negaunee, Mich.). “Killed : August Swenberg”. Notes (documents). Wesley Perron Railroad collection. https://uplink.nmu.edu/node/67462.
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