Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1912 — GIFFORD DREDGE CRASHES DOWN EMBANKMENT. [ARTICLE]

GIFFORD DREDGE CRASHES DOWN EMBANKMENT.

Two Men Escape Injury by Leaping to Embankment; Large Crowd Witnessod Accident—ssoo Damage.

Shortly after noon Tuesday, while moving a dry land dredge over the Monon tracks near McCoysburg, a cable brqke causing the dredge to lunge over and pitch down a forty foot embankment The dredge belonged to B. J. Gifford and was used to build the grade elevation over the Monon tracks, over which Gifford’s railroad is to run. The work had been completed on the north side of the road, and the dredge was being lifted over the tracks by aid of a. cable. About midway across the cable snapped and the dredge went to ruip forty feet below. Robert John, the runner and Mack Steel, the fireman, were on the dredge at the tide of the accident but they managed to jump out of the dredge and onto the top of the embankment before It took its course. Neither were Injured. A huge number of bystanders, including Mr. and Mrs. Gifford, witnessed the accident The woodwork was smashed and the steel parts and machinery -Were twisted and broken. In all, the damage will probably exceed >SOO. Severel days will be required to put it in proper repair. The dredge on the south side of the road will continue with its work. Miss Maude E. Scott went to Chicago today, where she will be joined by Miss Gibson. Tomorrow they will start on an extensive trip through the west. Among other places, they will visit in Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., and in Vancouver. They will be gone several weeks, returning through the Canadian Rockies.