Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — Close Call For Autoists When Monon Train Wrecks Machine. [ARTICLE]

Close Call For Autoists When Monon Train Wrecks Machine.

The experience of having their automobile struck by a fast Monon passenger train and living to tell about it was that of I. L. Hufford, of Rossville, and his sons, Ralph and Paul, and A. G. Campbell, of Indianapolis, Sunday night. The accident occurred at the Monon crossing one mile north of Rossville. The road leads through a steep embankment at this point, cutting off a view of the tracks. As the auto neared the tracks the autoists beheld the train bearing down upon them. All jumped to safety except Mr. Hufford, who remained at the wheel of the machine. The pilot of the engine struck the beak of the auto, dashing it from the road almost a complete wreck. Hufford was uninjured excepting a few slight cuts from the broken windshield.