Durand, Michigan: Circus Train Wreck Memorial
An obelisk in Lovejoy Cemetery memorializes the humans killed when two circus trains collided in 1903.
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In the town of Durand, there is a story that occurred in the early 1900's or the late 1800's. One night, a circus train was going to another town in Michigan and something happened and a conductor was killed and a bunch of people on the train were killed along with some circus animals. The animals are buried somewhere in Durand and the graves are unmarked.
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Circus Train Wreck Memorial
Lovejoy Cemetery
- Address:
- Prior Road, Durand, MI
- Directions:
- In Lovejoy Cemetery. Two miles south of town on Oak St./Durand Rd, then a half-mile west on Prior Road, south side.
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It happened on August 6, 1903 -- one train transporting the Great Wallace Brothers circus crashed into the back of the other when its air brakes failed. Some animals succumbed, but human travelers took the brunt of the collision -- it killed 21 circus and three railroad employees. Some of the dead are buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, where an obelisk memorializes the tragedy. 1/2 mile west of Durand Road on Prior Road.