Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1914 — WRECK AT LOWELL WAS REMARKABLE [ARTICLE]

WRECK AT LOWELL WAS REMARKABLE

From the Standpoint That None Were KiUod-Piel of Oars Attracted Many Visitors. The Republican reporter visited the scene of the wreck at Lowell Tuesday afternoon and the sight was worth seeing. Four long steel sleeping dans were piled in a depression In the ground, while the day coach of the train stood with one end dipped down a steep embankment. The wonder was that several lives were not lost The accident was caused by a mail sack striking the switch post and breaking the lever off, throwing the switch. The engine, mail ear and combination baggage car and smoker proceeded on the main track, and the day coach did for some distance. The witch seems to have slipped after the front truck of the first sleeper had passed over. There were six sleepers, long, heavy, Steel cars. The first one swung at right angles to the main track as the main track and the rear trucks on the siding. The switch was very short. Fortunately there were no freight cars on it. The bumper at the end (was knocked off and four of the sleepers went into a low place in the ground, the first one alighting on the tool and side at right angles to the others. The next three piled on their sides. The two in the rear remained on the siding. The cars more or less battered up. Those injured were: JohlannaL. SuiHivan, Chicago. Margaret Kelley, Chicago. R. E. Parkinson, Eau Claire, Wie. J. S. Green, Chicago. < A. B. Bariand, Chicago. Stamp Wooldridge, Summit Ky. Josephine Crawfard, Chicago. Mary E. Helm, Elizabethtown, Ky.. C. C. Dunson, Chicago. z J. J. Crooks, Racine, Wis. Miss Leona Fleming, Chicago. Fred Siegenthalem, Monroe, Wis. R. E. Parkinson, of Eau Claire, was the most seriously injured. He was able, however, to go to the depot and proceed to his home on No. 6 Tuesday afternoon. One lady suffered a fractured wrist and other injuries which were not as serious as at first seemed probable. The good people of Lowell were soon at the scene of the wreck, giving all the aid they could. Many of the uninjured desired to go on to Chicago and were taken by auto to North Hayden, where they took passage on a train on the Indiana Harbor road. Most of the wreck fell free from the main track and traffic was sot delayed many hours.