Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — SACRIFICE TRAIN TO MAKE MOVIE THRILL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SACRIFICE TRAIN TO MAKE MOVIE THRILL

In order to produce a moving picture thrill, a railroad train was loaded wfffFfigures tix< d Up to resemble passengers and sent across a trestle near South River, N. J. At the proper point in the trestle the timbers had been carefully sawed to yield under the strain. Not only did. the train plunge majestically into the sluggish waters of the creek, but there was a realistic boiler explosion staged when the engine hit the water. This was effected by means of a charge of dynamite concealed in the boiler and discharged by a spark through a long wire invisible to spectators. News of the big event leaked .out shortly before the exhibition Ad several thousand people hunted out the remote spot and witnessed it.

ENGINE AND CARS PLUNGE INTO WATER.