Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1890 — Monon Wreck at Battle Ground. [ARTICLE]

Monon Wreck at Battle Ground.

Shortly after midnight last Wednesday night, the south bound passenger train on the Monon encountered an open switch just sbuth bf the Battle Ground station. The engine was tipped over on its side and the baggage car derailed. The fireman clung to the engine as it went ovei, and escaped with a few bruises. Jas. Covington, the engineer, of Lafayette, was very badly injured, jumping from the locomotive as he felt the cab going over. His injuries are internal, and the doctors cannot state how serious. Baggageman Newton was more or less bruised, but not seriously harmed. The wreck caused a delay of about eight hours to the train, and a temporary track was built around the wreck to enable the north bound passenger to go through.