Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — Children Attempt to Wreck Train. [ARTICLE]

Children Attempt to Wreck Train.

The Jamestown & Franklin train No. 60, north bound, with engine and caboose, running thirty-five miles an hour, struck a tie fastened to the trhek oppdllte the Kinsman, Ohio, fair grounds Friday afternoon. No one was injured. Examination disclosed that the tie had been set and securely braced for the south-bound train. The crew searched and in the fair ground ticket office found a boy of 13 and a girl of 15, who admitted they placed the tie to see a wreck.