- Dates
- 1895 – 1899
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- place/seney
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationweathereconomyheritagecommunication
- Within
- place/seney
Summary
The April 2001 Beacon reprinted John I. Bellaire’s account of a Manistique Railway mixed train stranded during a multi-day blizzard in the mid-1890s. The train carried 35 passengers and became stuck near Camp Seven Hill and the Fox River bridge while crews and passengers waited for the storm to ease.
Evidence limits
This is a later historical recollection with an approximate date, not a railway operating log or contemporaneous passenger record.
Sources
- The editor’s note places the blizzard in the mid-1890s and describes the Manistique Railroad route through Grand Marais, Seney, Germfask, and Curtis; Bellaire’s account follows a mixed train, snowplow, locomotives, and 35 passengers stranded near Camp Seven Hill and Fox River. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A Manistique Railway train is stranded in a northern Michigan blizzard in the 1890s”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-snowbound-train-manistique-railway-1890s/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2001, “Tale of a Snowbound Train,” by the late John I. Bellaire. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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