Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1916 — ACCIDENT NEAR PARR DELAYED TRAINS [ARTICLE]

ACCIDENT NEAR PARR DELAYED TRAINS

No. 37 Due Here at 11:17, Threw a Tire and One Truck Went Off — Delay of Trains. Passenger train No. 37, due from Chicago at 11:17 a. m., threw a tire north of Patr this Saturday morning and one truck of the engine went off the track. The train stops at Parr on Saturdays and Engineer Nichols had the train urfder control when the tire went off and soon brought the train to a stop and without damage. Passenger train No. 32._due here at 10:36, was on- the siding in Rensselaer when the accident happened and it was noon before the nature of the accident was learned so that the northbound passenger could be pulled into the- station. It was later taken to Surrey, where it remained until the disabled engine was pulled to the sidetrack at Parr and the local engine brought No. 37 tp Rensselaer. TJie northbound milk train was delayed about 40 minutes this morning, arriving that much late in Rensselaer. The cause is not known here.