Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — Escapes With Small Bruise. [ARTICLE]

Escapes With Small Bruise.

Anderson, Aug. 29.—A Union Traction freight car, No. 604, was almost totally destroyed when it was struck by a switch engine at the crossing of the Union Traction line on Arrow avenue and the Central Indiana railroad. Motorman Frank Houts mistook the stop signal of the conductor, who flagged the crossing, for a comeahead signal and the front trucks of the freight were In the center of the track when the switch engine struck It. The front end of the car was reduced to kindling wood and Motorman Houts buried beneath the wreckage. When reached by the wrecking crew he was found pinned under a stove. Aside from a bruise on his face he was uninjured. Traffic was delayed several hours.