Title: Accidents - Traffic
Photographer: Gazette Photo
Subject Headings: Accidents, Transportation - Automotive, Transportation - Bridges
Condition: Good
Description: Traffic was stalled for 40 minutes at the Houghton County Bridge after 5:45 Thursday afternoon. It all started when a house trailer being towed by John A. Rich of Culver City, Calif., who was enroute to establish residence in Keweenaw County as a member of the Air Force, hit a Railway Express Truck being driven by Clyde Williams of Houghton. Rich was travelling north and Williams south. The left side of the trailer and the side mirror and left side of the truck were damaged. Rich was issued a court summons for obstructing traffic on the bridge. His trailer was too wide to permit two way traffic. Chief Joseph C. McGuire of the Houghton Police, who investigated the accident, today reminded persons having wide vehicles to contact his department for arrangements to be made for one way traffic across the bridge. [Image of the large mobile home being hauled by a pick up truck. The old Houghton High School can be seen in the photo.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article, October 3, 1958 [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Robert Skuggen
Date of Photo: Friday October 3 1958
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 6.1 cm x 15.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-016-003-035
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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