Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1919 — WABASH TRA[?]IKES TRUCK [ARTICLE]

WABASH TRA[?]IKES TRUCK

At Rockfleld - Afternoon, Instantly 1 JR « Driver. Clyde Carr was instantly killed Leslie of Kansas was mortjay injured about 4 o’clock Thursdw afternoon when Wabash eastbounW passenger train, No. 4, struck js>e Standard Oil truck In which fthey were riding at the Rockfleld crossing eight miles north of Delphi. The two men, both of whom are employes of the Standard Oil company, had unloaded a quantity of oil at a grocery store at Rockfield and had started to drive away on their return trip to Delphi, when, within 300 yards of the grocery store, the tragic accident happened. The truck was completely demolished and parts of’it were dragged along the track for a considerable distance. Carr's brains were knocked out and his body was horribly mangled. The train was stopped and Leslie was put aboard, to be taken to a hospital at Peru. Leslie, who Is expected to die, Is a husband and a father of five children. Clyde Carr, who was 32 years of age, leaves a young widow to mourn his death.