Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1871 — Railroad Accident. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Accident.

The p»M»cng<-r train going Dorth last Friday mornlag on the Louisvilla, Nev Albany d: Chicago railroad, was thrown from the track two miles south of tho Battle Ground, in consequence cf the washing avt ay of the culvert by the rain of the previous night. The engine and cars were a complete wreck. The fireman war killed ami the engineer severely injured. None of Us it passer ge rs w ere-se-E - ously injured except a young lauy who had two ribs broken. As ti e train was running twenty-five miles an hour it is a wonder that anyone remains to tell ti e tale.