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One of the worst freight
wrecks which the Michigan Central has experienced on its Mackinaw
Division in a number of years took place at the long curve just north
of Frederic on Tuesday morning of this week causing a blockade of the
tracks for about 24 hours and not only causing a large property loss
in the destruction of freight and cars, but also a serious delay to
passenger and freight traffic on the road.
There were fourteen cars
piled up in a promiscuous heap, and the contents of these cars
intermixed with the wreckage of the cars, making a tangled mess which
was not easy to clean up. What made it all the worse was that in
the wrecked cars were three carloads of crushed some aside from
several carloads of logs, which with the miscellaneous freight that
was contained in the other cars, made a pile which required patience
to clear away.
Fortunately no one was
injured and the only damage was to the freight cars and track.
The accident took place
during Tuesday forenoon and was caused by some of the under parts of
the cars giving way, a rod, it is said, dropping down and causing the
derailment of a car which the consequent wrecking of the others. |
The Cannon Ball south on
Tuesday went as far as the wreck and then returned to this place where
it remained until late in the afternoon, then proceeding to Mackinaw.
The 1:37 south went as far as the wreck where the mail and baggage and
passengers were transferred to the northbound trains and the two
trains were turned around and crews interchanged and sent back over
the sections they had come. The midnight Tuesday night left here
southbound about 4:00 a.m. Wednesday going as far as waters where it
remained until there was an opening made in the debris and the tracks
repaired, which was well toward 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
Wednesday. the morning train north of Wednesday passed through
here about 11 o'clock and about that time regular traffic was resumed
over the line. |