Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1911 — Workmen Killed in Tunnel. [ARTICLE]

Workmen Killed in Tunnel.

The strange run of fatal railroad accidents which have taken place recently In France still continues. The other morning another terrible tragedy took place near Paris which resulted in the loss of five lives. A gang of workmen was engaged on the line inside a tunnel, when a train entered. The men stopped work and stepped out of the way on to the other line. Judt then another train going in the other direction also entered the tunnel. The smoke from both trains at once was so dense and the noise so great that the unfortunate workmen neither heard nor saw the approaching second train and were Instantly cut to pieces.