Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1904 — EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. [ARTICLE]

EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.

About twenty-seven tickets were sold herq last Sunday for the Indianapolis excursion. The train met with a mishap at Rossville and only a miracle saved great loss of life. When slowing down for that station a spread rail caused the engine and four cars to leave the track, and the track was torn up for 100 feet or more. One twisted rail came up through the floor of the baggage car, narrowly missing a Hammond man who was in the car. It is asserted that it did knock his hat off his head. The engineer reversed* his engine and turned on the air brakes, and aside from a shaking up no one was hurt. The engine was quite badly wrecked and some of the cars racked considerably. The excursionists remained in Rossvijle until 2 p. m., when a special came out from Indianapolis and took them into the city, arriving there about four o’clock. It is asserted that the crowd ate everything eatable in Roesville, and the metropoliton papers stated that they were so thankful over their deliverance from a horrible death that all attended church iu a body and listened to the services, but so far as we can learn Parm Wright waa the only Rensselaer excursionist who went to church-