Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1885 — Wreck on. the Monon Route near Bloomington. [ARTICLE]

Wreck on. the Monon Route near Bloomington.

The Louisville, New Albany & Ch : - cago road last week suffered another'heavy loss in a wreck that o<cured near Bloomington, last Wednesday morning. The train Consisted of engine, baggage car and two coaches. The train was running at the usual rate, when, on coming a curve on a down grade, the engine struck a switch and passed over it safely, but the tender and following cars ran out on a side track, going only a few rods when they came m collision with several loaded freight cars with terrific force. The crash knocked over thC stove iu the baggage car, and in a few minutes it was in flames. Fortunately the jar broae the coupling, and the two coaches ran back several feet, thus keeping the flames from spreading. The sudden shock threw the passengers in eve-y direction and injured several severely. The following is a list of the wounded : "

Edward Magee Bloomington, four ribs broken and internal injuries feared. Frank Perkins, express messenger, was covered up with boxes. The mail agent. Artnur Cole, succeeded in releasing him just in time to escape the fast approaching flames; his limbs were bruised and re has several severe cuts above the head. John Carmichal, brakeman, was struck in the head, and his jaw is broken. JohnT. C. Wilkins, of Campbellsburg, a passenger, was bruised about the body. Jefferson King, of Campbellsburg, a passenger, has a bad cut on the 1 head, arid was also struck in the side. Morton Compton, of Evansville, a drug drummer, is injured about the limbs. The express goods are almost an en tire loss. Several thousand dollars in money was burned. The baggage was saved, and much of the mail matter for the South saved. The cause of the accident was the switch, which let part of the {cars on the side track. It is thought that as the engine struck the switch-rail it broke a rod of the switch, thus letting the track give way.