Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — WRECK ON THE MONON. [ARTICLE]

WRECK ON THE MONON.

Thursday Night’s Train Laavea Ralls at Shelby, and Engine, Mail and Baggage Car Ditched. Through some mistake of the night operator at Shelby the Louisville train, due at Rensselaer 11:05 p. m., was run into the derail at Shelby Thursday night and the engine, mail and baggage cars were thrown in the ditch. The engine is said (o have turned clear over and the track was badly torn up. Fortunately no one was hurt, morning’s paper trains both went around by the Michigan City division. A traveling man who was on the wrecked train informed The Democrat that the wreck was an interesting sight. The rails were torn up snd one of them was curved up and bent over the top*of the depot, while the ground was torn up two

feet in depth. This train does not stop at Shelby, and the fact that no one was killed or seriously hurt is little less than miraculous. It is reported that the operator, whose duty it was to attend the switches, was asleep.