Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1885 — A WRECK. [ARTICLE]

A WRECK.

On the New Albany Road at Cherry Grove Thursday ' Nlsht. _C liafayette Call.’ 1 The extra going South, which left here at 10 o'clock last night, ran ot the track at Cherry Grove, and the engine (No. 32) and eighteen cars tumbled mto\the ditch. TJie engineer and trainmen escaped uninjured, but the liremau, William Dillard, of this city, was badly bruisedgin the side, and had his left leg broken. His injuries however, are not thought to be serious, lie was brought up" to the city about 8 o’cloc k this morning, and taken to 'St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The train was composed entirely of empty coal . ears, billed to BruziDfer loading. G«eof the empties was thrown right on top of the engineiraviiicTi h a bu>i wrock, and a good many of the cai’.-: are considerably broken up.-. A train was sent down to • the wreck l and brought up the passengers’ from the -iiiglitdrainbomMlN' or tin reaching le re at-8 a. in. r speeding rig Hf. on ; to Chieiv go.' ■ The track has not Lec’i e'eared x-r trains passed as we write, but probably will be so that the afternoon trains today can pass as usual.