Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — TANK AT DEPOT COLLAPSED [ARTICLE]

TANK AT DEPOT COLLAPSED

Track Littered with Wreckage and Ballast Washed Out. The large frame water tank just west of -the depot collapsed shortly before 1:30 Saturday morning and wrought considerable damage in the immediate vicinity. The wreckage from the tank and cream platform littered up the track and it was I necessary to stop the 1:38 train until the track could be cleared. The tank contained about -60,000 ■ gallons of water at the time, and • the rock ballast of the roadbed was washed from beneath the track for several yards on either side of the tank. The tank was erected about five years ago and was thought to be 4n good condition still, and the collapse seems to have been caused Iby the rusting throiuzh of several of the iron hoops. " Night Operator Dan Morrissey ' was alone in the depot at the time land the great noise attending the

collapse led him to thfnk a train had Iqft the track. He investigated and found it neepssary to stop all trains until the track was made passable.