Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1902 — SLIGHT WRECK AT MONON. [ARTICLE]

SLIGHT WRECK AT MONON.

The northbound evening passenger train Wednesday night tried to pass the milk train nt Monon on the same track, with the result that both engines were derailed and damaged considerably and the passengers given a slinking up. No one seriously hurt but traffic was delayed on this divison for some time. The engine of the northbound train was knocked back some fifty feet, and a yardman at Monon was in under it at the time the collision occurred, removing ashes from the tire-lox. With rare presence of mind he grabbed the door of the tire-box and held on like grim death, being dragged back the full fifty feet. He was quite badly scratched up but otherwise uninjured. Dr Schmadel, who works for Dr. Horton here, was on the milk train and received a gash across the face and several teeth were loosened in striking against a seat.