Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — Seriously Hurt in Wreck. [ARTICLE]

Seriously Hurt in Wreck.

Seventeen cars on a west-bound Lake Shore freight train were piled up in a wreck at 3 o’clock Sunday morning at Burdick, a station fifteen miles west of Laporte, Ind. The air brakes failed to operate and the train was cut into two sections, which collided with terrific force, piling up an immense amount of wreckage. J. C. Teeter of Garrett received serious injuries. He was taking a car of cattle to Chicago and was pinioned in one of the wrecked cars. The other cars were loaded with merchandise and the loss to the company may reach $20,000. The tracks were blockaded for several hours and passenger trains went around the wreck over other roads.