Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1912 — FOUR KILLED; 36 INJURED IN WABASH WRECK. [ARTICLE]

FOUR KILLED; 36 INJURED IN WABASH WRECK.

Passenger Train Derailed Near West Lebanon Thursday Afternoon Causes (.rent Damage. Four persons were killed and 36 injured in a wreck that occurred Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock on the Wabash railroad near the town of West Lebanon in Warren county. Passenger train No. 1, west bound, was running at about 30 miles an hour and as the train bit a split rail, the track gave way and the train plunged down the embankment of Redwood qreek. The train is known as the Continental Limited and was an hour and 40 minutes late. The baggage car was the first to leave the track. Jt lodged against a huge tree. The other coaches went to the bottom of the embankment The cars were of steel construction and were not badly damaged. The four who were killed were riding in the day coach. They wei;e: Mrs. U. Good, of St. Louis; Mrs. R. S. Grant, of Adrian, Mich., and two unknown persons, a man and a boy. Among the injured was D. E. L. Mitten, of Goodland, who was cut about the scalp and face and had one wrist and one ankle sprained. Fred Lux, of Monticello, also 'suffered slight injuries. __ Bonfires were built along the railroad track and West Lebanon and Redwood people made coffee and performed whatever aid they could for the sufferers. - r: Since the cars were made of steel, they could not catch fire or the disaster might have been much worse.