Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1916 — CAME TOGETHER ON A BRIDGE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAME TOGETHER ON A BRIDGE

Though railway collisions are still rather common despite Increased safety provisions, a head-on collision on a bridge is rare and spectacular. Such an accident occurred recently on a small bridge near Janesville, Wis. While a freight was slowly backing onto a siding to allow a fast milk train to pass, the latter came unexpectedly around a bend. The milk train engine crashed into the freight engine near

the center of the bridge at that point, but the impact did not hurl either from the track. The engine crews escaped by jumping from their cabs. The first freight car was shattered and forced up on end, the front end of the car behind it was propped up in the air about ten feet. The cab of the inilk train engine was dislodged, and both tenders were damaged. The wreckage blocked the track for some time. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.

Two Engines as They Appeared Immediately After They Had Collided Near the Center of a Small Bridge—The Freight Train Was Backing Onto a Siding to Make Way for the Other, a Fast Milk Train.