Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1920 — MONON FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED [ARTICLE]

MONON FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED

Southbound Monon freight No. 71 had a bad wreck Thursday morning at 5:45 o’clock just north of the station at Battle Ground. Fourteen cars of merchandise left the rails and piled up. The train was pulled by engine No. 501, with Engineer Henry Holtz at the throttle, and was in charge of Conductor William Mock. No one was injured. Just before the wreck occurred Engineer Holtz looked back and saw one car off the track, running on the cross ties. Then thirteen other cars left the rails and. stacked up, blocking travel for several hours. The milk train leaving this city at 6 o’clock Thursday morning for Chicago, and the Michigan City passenger train leaving here at 9 o’clock detoured over the Wabash by way of Delphi, where the trains went over the air line to Monon. •The Monon wrecking crew as well as several of the Monon officials went to the scene to view the wreck. Monon passenger train No. 5 due here at 12:37 from Chicago was compelled to detour to this city by way of the Monon to Delphi and thence over the Wabash to this city. Northbound Monon passenger train No. 6 due here shortly after 2 o’clock was able to go over the main line from this city as usual. The wreck was a costly one from the fact that much valuable merchandise was destroyed.—Lafayette Journal.