Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1918 — BRIDGE DAMAGED BY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

BRIDGE DAMAGED BY FIRE.

The Monon railroad bridge across the Iroquois just east of this city caught fire about 11 o’clock Friday" night and was so badly damaged that two passenger trains and one freight train were delayed several hours. William VanArsdel and his crew of bridge carpenters were dispatched to the scene of the Are, which had been put out by men from Ibis city. The repairs were quickly made and the bridge was again in use this Saturday morning. Carpenters had been dging some repairs on this bridge.