Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1911 — WRECK NARROWLY AVERTED ON COEN HILL WEDNESDAY. [ARTICLE]

WRECK NARROWLY AVERTED ON COEN HILL WEDNESDAY.

Disabled Truck Almost Wrecked Passenger and Delayed Train About Five Hours. No. 33, passenger train due here from Chicago at 1:58 p. m., had a rather narrow escape from a wreck at the 2’ miles northwest of town Wednesday. The journal of one of the tender trucks hurned off and the wheels of the truck jumped the track and plowed some five hundred feet through the railroad ties before the train was brought to a standstill. Fortunately the accident occurred on the straight track as the train was running at a lively speed. Had It occurred on a curve, a disastrous wreck might have ensued. The engine was not injured and after uncoupling from the tender it ran on to the depot and reported the trouble. The train could not be moved until another tender truck was brought over from Monon and inserted beneath the tender. This took until about 7 o’clock. In the meantime north bound passengers Nos. 38 and 6 were sent to Chicago via the Michigan City division far as Wilders and thence over the Erie tp Hammond. The milk train and northbound passenger, both due at 5:58, were delayed accordingly. A number of passengers going in each direction postponed their trip until Thursday. North bound passenger No. 32, due here at 10:05, was delayed more than 2 hours Thursday morning.