Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1909 — A HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE. [ARTICLE]

A HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE.

The engine crew on the Monon’s south bound flyer No. 35 had a race with death Wednesday morning that equals that of any romance. His train and that of No. 36 had orders to meet at Horton, a siding between Frankfort and Westfield, gnd 35 left Sheridan, presumably on time, for Horton, but long before they reached their meeting point they saw the smoke of the north bound flyer. Engineer McCarthy at once saw the danger and opened the throttle of the great mogul engine to the last notch, and for aver five miles they maintained a pace of 75 miles an hour over the rough roadbed. The fireman, at the risk of his life, climbed out on the pilot of the engine to throw the switch with greatest possible dispatch. The rear coach was just passing over the switch when No. 36 came rushing by and took off the steps and a portion of the rear end. The engineers’ watches were found to differ three minutes.