An excursion train on the Detroit & Mackinaw Railway which left here this morning for Saginaw, consisting of one baggage car and 12 coaches and carrying over 500 people was wrecked at Black River, while running forty miles an hour. One man was killed, three were probably fatally injured and nearly fifty others received injuries of various degrees of severity, ranging from bruises and cuts to broken limbs.

August Grosiuski, the only person killed was seated in this coach with forty other excursionists. His body was terribly crushed and death was instantaneous. the escape of the others in the car was well nigh miraculous Grosinski's little son occupied the same seat with his father but the lad was uninjured. the three wrecked coaches were piled in a heap and 100 feet of track was torn up. As soon as the occupants of the uninjured coaches recovered from the shock and surprise they rushed to the wrecked cars and began aiding the injured.

These were extricated from the wreck with frantic haste and given all possible relief, pending the arrival of the relief train. This train brought eight surgeons from Alpena. After temporary dressings had been made of the most serious wounds all the injured were brought back to this city where the surgeons worked over them until late tonight.

Contributed by Barbara Ziegenmeyer - The Duluth News Tribune