Source: Iron Ore
Ishpeming, Mi.
June 6, 1891 Saturday
Fatal Accident
A sight that caused brave men to shudder was witnessed at
the South Shore depot last Wednesday morning. The victim in
this case was a young man of 23 years named August Stenbok,
who was returning from Negaunee to this city on train No. 117
going west to Bound siding. . . . When at Jackson crossing
he was overtaken on the track by the flats, and climbed aboard
only to ride to a sudden and shocking end. The train was not
intended to stop at the Ishpeming depot. As soon as the car on
which he stood reached the platform the fatal move was made.
A leap, he staggered, lost his equilibrium, fell backward and
was grasped by the moving cars and dragged into the jaws of an
awful death. . . His body fell toward the mason work of the
platform, the limbs crossing the tracks and before the signal
could be recognized . . . and the train brought to a halt at
least 15 cars had passed over the spot where he lay ...
.. conveyed to the Ishpeming hospital . . . Where life be-
came extinct at ten minutes past twelve. His left limb was
completely dismembered just below the trunk, and the right
limb below the knee mashed to a pulp.
