Train Wrecks In Comstock
The two dangerous train wrecks that happened in Comstock made a great stir.
The 1926 train wreck occurred when an interurban train car was going to Kalamazoo from Galesburg.
The motorman fell asleep and didn't stop fast enough to avoid a wreck. The motorman was burned by the broken boiler system. The one passenger got glass cuts.
This wreck happened during the month of March.
Michigan Central Train Wreck July 15, 1912
This picture is of the 1912 train wreck. The Michigan Central train was going at an estimated speed of 80 miles per hour. It left the tracks across from
St.Anthony's. The only thing left on the tracks was the engine. There were 150 passengers on the train at the time. Six passengers were injured.
No passengers died or were badly injured.
Sources:
Comstock Township Newsletter, July, 1977
Comstock Bicentennial
Photo Courtesy Kalamazoo Gazette
by Mike and Kent
