Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1916 — Monon Freight Ditched When Brake Beam Drops. [ARTICLE]

Monon Freight Ditched When Brake Beam Drops.

Bloomington, Ind., April 23.—Extra Monon freight train No. 82 was wrecked at Woodyard, five miles north of here, today when a brake beam dropped down in the middle of the train. Eight cars loaded with stone and coal were derailed, but no one was injured. All traffic was delayed ten hours while a wreck train from here was clearing the wreckage. Passenger trains were detoured over the Illinois Central by way of Switz City. Harry Oigden, of Lafayette, was the engineer on the train.