- Date
- 1908-04-16
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathtransportationtransportationhistorycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Reprinted April 1908 reports said engineer David Chase was killed at Bonner’s Landing on Beaver Island when rails spread beneath a logging train and the locomotive tipped over. The reports said the fireman and brakeman escaped uninjured, Chase was crushed beneath the engine, and his remains were taken to Mayfield for burial.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a 2008 newspaper reprint of 1908 reports. The date is reconstructed from the “last Thursday” wording in the April 23 issue and is approximate; the entry is not a coroner’s record, railroad log, or cemetery register.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago," reprinting April 1908 Charlevoix Courier and Sentinel reports of David Chase.Reprints reports that engineer David Chase was killed when rails spread at Bonner’s Landing on the Beaver Island Lumber Company logging railroad, leaving a wife and four children; the remains were taken to Mayfield for burial. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the reprinted fatal-accident reports.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “David Chase dies in a Beaver Island logging-railroad wreck, 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-david-chase-railroad-death-1908/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago," reprinting April 1908 Charlevoix Courier and Sentinel reports of David Chase. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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