Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1903 — FREIGHT WRECK AT ASH GROVE. [ARTICLE]

FREIGHT WRECK AT ASH GROVE.

Thro* Tramps Killed and Traffic Delayed Several Hoar*. A broken truck on one of the cars in about the center of the train known as the “Owl,” which leaves Monon about midnight, caused quite a wreck on the Monon at Ash Grove, south of Brookston, about 1 o’clock Thursday morning. Three young men, supposed to have been amateur hoboes, were on a steel coal car which was loaded with a boiler, and when the shock came the boiler was thrown forward .crushing the life out of them jMonce. None of the trainmen weratojured. The train consisted of fifteen cars, and seven of them were piled up in the wreck. Traffic was delayed several hours, and passenger trains Went around by Delphi until the debris was cleared away. The remains of the unfortunate young men were taken to Brookston, but have not been identified at this writing, and were so badly mashed that identification is practically out of the question. They were fairly well dressed and are not thought to have been professional tramps.