Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1911 — TRAIN DERAILED; TWO HURT. [ARTICLE]

TRAIN DERAILED; TWO HURT.

Pere Marquette Engine and gonek Leave Track Near Laporte. Laporte, Ind., July 24.—A south bound Pere Marquette train consisting of a locomotive and a passenger coach was derailed south of this city this afternoon, the engine and tender leaving the track, plowing up the right-Sos-way for 200 feet and then turning turtle, pinioning the fireman, Clarence Prentice, under the tedder,' crushing him about the chest and inflicting serious cuts and bruises. His escape from death is considered miraculous. Theodore Hess, the engineer, was thrown from the cab and escaped with slight injuries. No one else was hurt. The injured men were brought to this city in an automobile and, after surgical attention, were sent on a special train to their homes in Benton Harbor, Mich. The track was blocked for several hours.