Monument Commemorates Victims Of Deadly 1901 Train Wreck

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A monument commemorating the victims of a Nov. 27, 1901 train wreck has been unveiled in southeastern Michigan.

About 200 people attended Saturday's ceremony at Adrian's Oakwood Cemetery reports The Toledo Blade.

As many as 100 people, many of whom were Italian immigrants traveling from Detroit to Colorado to work in the mines, are believed to have died when two trains collided on the Wabash Railroad near Sand Creek.

Five of the victims are buried at Oakwood. An urn containing remains of others -- that had been donated to a county museum -- will be buried at the site.

Adrian Mayor Jim Berryman said the monument "will serve as a reminder to all who visit this place that this country of opportunity came with the sacrifices of many."

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