Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1903 — BOTH JUMPED [ARTICLE]

BOTH JUMPED

To Save Themselves From a Wreck That Failed To Materialize. Indianapolis, Ind., January 5. Harmon Russ, a Monon passenger engineer, and his fireman, C. A. Dusch, were returned to this city to-night. They left this city at 1:35 a. tn., with the second section of a Chicago train nearly an hour behind the first section. While rounding into Fair Oaks, in the northern part of the state, they saw the first section at a standstill. A collision seemed inevitable and both men jumped. Russ was injured about the head, shoulders and legs, and was also hurt internally. The first section began to pull out just as they jumped, and by the time the second section came to a halt it was well out of harm’s way.