Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — CAR SMASHED BY TRAIN [ARTICLE]

CAR SMASHED BY TRAIN

Carried on Cowcatcher and Hurled Against Bridge—Thirteen Hurt. Des Moines, Sept. 3.—Thirteen persons were hurt when a loaded Rock Island passenger train carrying state fair visitors struck a crowded Fort Des Moines street car. The car was carried fifty feet on the cowcatcher of the engine and wrecked against the steel girders of a bridge across the Des Moines river.