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Accident occurred upon Duluth South, Atlantic Railway, Ishpeming

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Identifier	AB01a129.jpg
Title	Accident occurred upon Duluth South, Atlantic Railway, Ishpeming
Creators	Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
Subjects	Railroads ; Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
Description	Transcription of newspaper article from the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company, May 20, 1887, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company.
Publishers	Peter White Public Library (Marquette, Mich.) ; Superiorland Library Cooperative (Marquette, Mich.)
Contributors	Perron, Wesley E.
Date-Original	5/20/1887
Date-Digital	11/10/2003
Type	Image/document
Format	jpg
FormatUse	138 KB
Source	Electronic reproduction of: Transcription of newspaper article from the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company, May 20, 1887.
Language	eng
Time-Period	1850- 1889
Geographic	Marquette (Mich.)
Rights	Digital materials in the Upper Peninsula Digitization Center collections are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide. For further information contact the Superiorland Library Cooperative staff (updigit@uproc.lib.mi.us).
Transcript	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Marquette, Michigan, May 20, 1887 A. Watson, General Superintendent. Accident Report An accident occured upon the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway at Ishpeming on the 20th day of May 1884 at 345 o'clock pm, caused by: Breaking of a compromise draw bar, while making a coupling between an ore car and a box car. End of the bar flew up and stuck Dennis Varduan, brakeman, breaking his collor[*] bone and cutting his head. Was off duty for four weeks but is at work again. Casaulties - one employee injured.

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