Editing Bay City, Michigan (section)

===Notable events===
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On December 23, 1906, Bay City's premier hotel, the Fraser House, burned to the ground.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/fraser-house.html|title=bay-journal.com - bay journal Resources and Information.|website=bay-journal.com|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622030207/http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/fraser-house.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Bay City's unusual Third Street Bridge was damaged by a freighter on June 17, 1976. The following morning, when the swing span was operated, one half crashed into the Saginaw River blocking all riverine traffic. A river crossing was never reinstated at that location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/opinion/bay-city/2011/06/bay_city_changed_forever_the_d.html|title=Bay City changed forever the day the Third Street Bridge broke|first=MLive/Bay City Times|last=opinion|date=June 3, 2011|website=mlive}}</ref>

On December 10, 1977, a deadly fire claimed the lives of 10 at the Wenonah Hotel (Wenonah Park Apartments) in downtown Bay City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2017/12/the_wenonah_hotel_fire_40_year.html|title=The Wenonah Hotel Fire: 40 years after Bay County's deadliest blaze|date=December 10, 2017|website=mlive}}</ref> The hotel had been built on the site of the Fraser House, which had also succumbed to a fiery end.<ref name="auto"/> The Wenonah Hotel was located at the corner of Center Ave and Water Street, the current site of the Delta College Planetarium. Built in 1907, the four-storey Wenonah Hotel had been converted into apartments at the time of the fire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/wenonah-hotel-1908nov9.html|title=bay-journal.com - bay journal Resources and Information.|website=www.bay-journal.com|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914032543/http://www.bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/wenonah-hotel-1908nov9.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Strong winds and cold weather hampered the efforts of the fire department. There was some controversy over the cause of the fire (arson, electrical, or grease fire) and it remains the deadliest fire in Bay County history.

On Christmas Eve, 1979, a large Bay City department store of long standing, Oppenheim's, was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2009/12/flames_from_the_past_oppenheim.html|title=Flames from the past: Oppenheim's Department store destroyed Christmas Eve 1979|first=Bay City Times|last=staff|date=December 24, 2009|website=mlive}}</ref>

In September 1990, the tankship MV ''Jupiter'' was unloading gasoline at the Total Petroleum Terminal. A passing cargo ship, {{MV|Buffalo||}}, moving at excessive speed, created a wake that caused ''Jupiter'' to break free of its berth. A fire and explosion ensued, and one man drowned. There was considerable legal action taken, ultimately resulting in an adjudication that was subsequently appealed by the owners of ''Buffalo''. The findings of the Court of Appeals upheld the original decision, which assigned 50% of the responsibility to ''Buffalo'' (for her excessive speed), 25% to the dock operator (for rotten wood pilings) and 25% to ''Jupiter'' (for improper procedures in unloading her cargo).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/1991/M91_45.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618143939/https://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/1991/M91_45.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Safety Recommendation|archive-date=June 18, 2010|website=www.ntsb.gov|access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://continuouswave.com/boats/gemini/|title=Gemini Calls on Riverside Park|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref>

In January 2009, Bay City's wholly owned municipal power company, Bay City Electric Light and Power, installed a "limiter" device to restrict the receipt of power to the home of Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old customer who had failed to pay an outstanding bill in excess of $1,000. The Bay City Electric Light and Power policy was to install the limiter, and to notify the customer by trying to collect the amount due. City employees failed to knock on the door, and it was later found that Schur had a check already made out and had failed to mail it. Schur died from hypothermia in his home a few days later.<ref>[http://www.wnem.com/news/18566890/detail.html#-] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317100703/http://www.wnem.com/news/18566890/detail.html#-|date=March 17, 2009}}</ref> The day following his death, Bay City Electric Light and Power removed the limiters from all households. It was later learned that Schur had willed his estate, estimated by his family to be in excess of $500,000, to Bay Regional Medical Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/04/freezing.death.folo/index.html |work=CNN |title=WWII vet frozen to death leaves estate to hospital - CNN.com |date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>

On October 12, 2010, the historic 113-year-old City Hall sustained significant damage as the result of an attic fire which caused the sprinkler system to run for nearly two hours. Most of the damage to the building was water damage from the sprinkler system and water used to fight the fire. The fire started in the midst of a $1.6 million roofing project. After an investigation, it was determined that a worker was using a grinder to cut off bolts in the area where the fire started, and sparks from the work started the blaze. Fire crews were on the scene for nearly five hours fighting the hard-to-access fire.<ref>{{Citation |last=Murphy |first=Shannon  |title=City Hall damage |newspaper=The Bay City Times |pages=A1, A2 |date=October 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Murphy |first=Shannon  |title=Fire cause found |newspaper=The Bay City Times |pages=A1, A2 |date=November 4, 2010}}</ref>