Accident Report - July 19, 1887.

An accident occurred on the )yluth South Shore and Atlantic
Railway at Sault Junction on the 19th day of July 1887, at
525 o'clock A. M, caused bys

Open switch ( when night train West passed there at 115 A.
M. switch was set for main track ). Wight express east found
switch set for siding in place of main track. Before it could
be stopped it ran in on siding, coming in contact with tender
of engine standing on siding, damaging tender, also breaking
pilot of train engine and drawbar between engine and baggage
car. Train-was delayed some 3 hours, arriving at St. Ignace
2% hours late. No persons injured either passenger or employe.

Casualties - Nones

Aa Watson, General Superintendent.