Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Brave Trainmen Rewarded. [ARTICLE]

Brave Trainmen Rewarded.

The special train bearing the members of the wholesale merchants’ board of the Cleveland chamber of commerce, who have been touring Indiana, ran Into the rear of a Lake Erie and Western freight train at Fort Recovery, 0., smashing the caboose and tank car and damaging a fine engine. A few of the forty passengers sustained slight bruises. Through the bravery of the engineer and firemen gjeat damage was prevented and they were rewarded with a liberal contribution.