Accident Report - October 29, 1887.

An accident ocurred upon the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic
Railway near Ridge Siding, 6 miles east of Au Train station on
the 29th day of October 1887, at 5 o'clock P, M., caused by
Engineman Charles Saunders on engine no. 33, failing to obey
telegraph instructions, as follows:

Engine no. 64 eastbound A. Harrison, engineer got telegraph
orders at Au Train to meet engine 33 at Ridge Siding 6 miles
east of Au Train. Engine no. 33 C. Saunders got telegraph
orders at Munising station to meet engine 64 at Ridge Siding
6 miles west of Munising (engine 33 was used for pushing
trains east bound over Au Train grade and was backing while
going west). Engine 35 stopped at Ridge Siding while a work-
train took the siding and then left for Au Train. Engineman
Saunders forgetting the order to meet engine 64 at that point.
Engine 33 and 64 came into collision on a curve % mile west
of the Ridge Siding. No one hurt, engines demaged, but track
not injured.*

Estimated damage $1018.00.

 

A. Watson, General Superintendent.

* wen jumped from engines before they came together. Hngine Bs
was reversed and when they struck coupling broke between engine
and tender. Engine 33 started ahead without any person on it
and ran 3 mile when it left the track. Engineman Saunders ack-
nowledges himself solely at fault for the accident, and has
peen dismissed from the services