Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1916 — Monon Conductor Has Close Call For Life. [ARTICLE]

Monon Conductor Has Close Call For Life.

m ‘ - Conductor Ira A. Gray had a very narrow escape from death in an accident near Delphi Saturday evening, as he was making Ills run on train 96. He was watching a hot box as he ciung to the side of a caw and came in contact with a cattle guard, hurling him to the side of the track. In the fall two fingers of the right han 1 were broken and he was also bruised. A Delphi physician dressed the injury and on reaching home he was placed under the care of Dr. Clayton. The injuries, though painful, were not serious, and he w r as disabled from duty only a short time. The train was running about 35 miles an hour, and it was good fortune that he w r as not ground to death under the wheels.