Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — MONON PASSENGER ENGINE [ARTICLE]

MONON PASSENGER ENGINE

On No. ;t Blows Up Thursday Morning Near Bedford. Bedford, Ind., April 6. —With a roar which was heard all over the city and vicinity at 6 e’clock this morning the boiler of the locomotive pulling the Monon Kentucky flyer, Chicago to Louisville, exploded a mile north of Bedford. The engineer, Joseph W. Sicer of New Albany, and the fireman, Delbert Johnson of Lafayette, were seriously injured, both being tossed 100 feet into a field. The engineer was seriously scalded by escaping steam and water and the fireman suffered serious injuries to his back. The train was nearing the top of Long Horseshoe hill and was running slowly. No passengers were injured. The wrecked engine is being held -here awaiting the arrival of a government inspector.