Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1920 — BLOCK SIGNALMAN IS INJURED [ARTICLE]

BLOCK SIGNALMAN IS INJURED

When Speeder He Wee Biding UoL dided With Handcar. Wayne Morrell, block signalman on the Monon, was qiuttte badly Injured Wednesday evening when the speeder on which he was returning from McCoysburg collided with a handcar juet west of the latter place. Morrell wtae riding backwards on account of the sharp wind 1 , and overtook the handcar. The men on the handcar shouted to him but were unable to make him hear, and of course abandoned their car, hence the collision. Young Morrell was thrown from the speeder and was quite badly cut about the head and face. He was brought to Rensselaer on No. 6 and his wounds dressed, and at this writing was getting along this writing is getting along nicely.