Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1878 — Sorious Railread Accident [ARTICLE]

Sorious Railread Accident

The rid I road bridge uccixm* the TippwnHr it M MtttiHevUo broke d*w« ycxtrrday with h frcif»bt train, precipitating the engine and twwnty-onu or two oars, a digtnnea ot HO feel, into the river. The engineer, fireman and i wo men nt»l yet tecngulred. were kilktl.- A-man un lht; m I loose saw the cars going down into the riier, pulled out lhe coupling pin, pm on ‘he brake*, aMk<'«ved 4he--etr rtnd quite n number of passengers from going down with th* wreck. One of the brakemen Jumped from lhe top of a freight cur into lhe r’ver, n <1 Hance us about ninety fret, without injury. S«m Pa'cb did not do no well. The coroner’ll Jury mny be able so deride where the responsibility fur (he tai* astrophe rests.