Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1902 — Engine 111 Probably Ruined. [ARTICLE]

Engine 111 Probably Ruined.

Engine No. 111, the locomotiv which was hauling the Cincinnati ‘excursion Saturday night when it crashed into an Erie freight train on a crossing near Hammond, it is said is entirely ruined. The machine was totally dismantled and all the wood work was burned. It is very doubtful if the engine, which was considered the fastest on the road, can ever be run again. We saw it Sunday afternoon, just as it was being hoisted up by the wrecking car, and it presented a sorry spectacle, looking as though it might have reposed on the scrap pile for the last ten years. Engineer Oline who was driving the engine, escaped with a mashed foot but it is considered wonderful that be was not instantly killed. Oline stuck to his post however and made every effort to stop the train. It is said he has been in more wrecks than any other engineer on the road, and this is the most serious injury he ever received. He has been very fortunate.