Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1897 — More About The Mac'sburg Wreck. [ARTICLE]

More About The Mac'sburg Wreck.

We have received some additional particulars about the railroad wreck at McCoysburg, Thursday night. No one was badly hurt, but as before stated, several of the train men were sprained and bruised, in jumping off. The engines seem to have fared worse than at first reported. Both were badly used up; and No. 90 was unable to get away at all. Six cars were badly demolished. One was loaded with whisky and axhandles. The two articles were in separate packages before the wreck, but considerable mixed after it, and. presumably at least, the people around Mac’sburgnow know the flavor of ax-ftandle toddy. Two of the cars were loaded with hogs, and 50 fat porkers were killed, and the others turned loose on the prairie. Two coal empties were also sin ashed up. .