Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — STEEL CARS PREVENT INJURY [ARTICLE]

STEEL CARS PREVENT INJURY

Saving of Lives of Passengers and Trainmen on Jersey Road Attributed to Type of Coaches. Steel cars saved many lives the other day when a train was derailed by a broken rail at the Zurish gravel pit about eight miles north of Newark. T>fthe 17persons on the train. the trainman was the only one injured and he sustained only slight bruises. Both passenger and baggage car were thrown on their sides and the locomotive was thrown crosswise of the track. The saving of the lives of the passengers and erew is attributed to steel cars, with whichthis branch of the road has been equipped In the last year. The wreck occurred at the same place as that of September 17, 1901, when 17 lives were lost.