Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1908 — CHRISTMAS MAIL BURNED [ARTICLE]

CHRISTMAS MAIL BURNED

Twenty-Five Sacks of Charred Letters and Packages Taken from Wreck. Chicago, Dec. 25. * — Seventy-five sacks of charred letters and Christmas packages and ten registered mail pouches were recovered from the mail cars of Chicago and Alton train No 5, which was wrecked at Brighton Park. More than half the burned mail could not be recognized for delivery.