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from whence comes the expression... "a train wreck"

Beitner, it turns out, was south of Traverse City, apparently not far from Chum's Corner. Since the wreck is reported (elsewhere) as "a mile from Beitner and seven from Traverse City," TC's Beitner Park is likely too far in toward the city. I'm guessing the town was at the corner of Beitner and Williams Roads and the wreck was close to current M-37. In 1895 the place had a train station, a post office, and a mill, but the mill and PO were gone by 1919. The passenger train was No. 6; the freight extra was 362. The railroad-employee victims deserve mention: Passenger train engineer Fletcher Gage of Grand Rapids, passenger fireman McClellan (no first name listed) of GR, freight engineer Carl Amy of GR, freight fireman Earl Beeman of Reed City, and brakeman Davis (no first name) apparently of GR. RPO clerk Cushman was a Petoskey resident. At the time of the reports I've found, Davis and McClellan were believed, but not confirmed, dead. Some of this information from Walter Romig's Michigan Place Names; crash coverage from the wire story report in the August 21 Iowa City Citizen (via NewspaperArchive.com). The same story was published the same day in the Sandusky Star Journal; a shorter wire-service article appeared in other papers. The Naugatuck Daily News identifies the freight extra as 355 and the location as Grawn, which is in the same vicinity. I found no other source that claims more than 15 passengers were injured.

If, on the other hand, the body of water in the background is the Boardman River, Beitner might have been at Beitner Park. In which case the distances are wrong and Grawn makes no sense.

Well, I would think the Historical Society in Traverse City would know where this accident occurred.

probably the strikebreaker in this story: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E4D81439E333A...

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

STRIKE MOB PELTS WORKMAN AND POLICE; 3,000 Join in Attacking a Factory Employe Who Wouldn't Quit and His Escort. May 10, 1911, Wednesday A mob of 3,000 persons, among them many women, hooted and jeered early yesterday evening as eight mounted policemen, eight men on foot, and two bicycle policemen escorted Harry Gorrie to his home at 511 Fifty-third Street, Brooklyn, from the E.W. Bliss Projectile Works, at Fifty-third Street and First Avenue. -NY Times archives you can use the link posted above to get to the full story.

That was really sweet of them - to give out the man's full address.

John Spooner Love your note!

This looks like the junction of The Quay and Charles Street.

Googling: The JFK Dunbrody festival seems to be held every July. JFK visited in 1963, and The Dunbrody is a replica famine ship. I don't know what the New Ross summer festival was called in 1972, but something with JFK in the name is a good bet!

Indeed, if you go to that google maps link above and turn around, you'll see the statue of JFK unveiled by his sister in 2008!

Pity the shot wasn't taken when the big drum was in view as the name of the band is traditionally put up on that! A Scottish band is unlikely and the one thing I can say categorically is that it was not the Limerick Pipe band as their kilts were traditional Irish saffron! The New Ross Pipe Band was formed in 1974 so it ain't them either.