Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1919 — “MONON LUCK” AGAIN TO FORE [ARTICLE]

“MONON LUCK” AGAIN TO FORE

Engine of No. 38 Leaves Track North of Parr Sunday. Southbound passenger train No. 33, due in Rensselaer at 1:57 p. m., narrowly escaped a very serious wreck Sunday afternoon at a point about 5 miles north of Parr, A journal on the engine tender broke down, letting the trucks on the engine leave the track. The A journal on the engine tank broke down, letting the trucks thereof leave the track. The train was stopped in time to prevent any of the passenger coaches frami leaving the track and "thus averted any injury to passengers. A wrecking train from Lafayette came up and the several hundred feet of track torn up by the engine was repaired and traffic resumed about 7 o’clock Sunday evening. Several Rensselaer people were on No. 33.