Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1905 — A Wreck Near Town. [ARTICLE]

A Wreck Near Town.

Freight train No. 71, being the “meat train” south bound, was wrecked about three o’olcck last Wednesday morqing, between Rensselaer and Pletfeant Ridge, being about a mile this side of the latter. It was caused fc by a broken rail. Four cars were ditched and badly smashed up, but no person was hart. The wrecking train was sent up, but it was twelve o’clock noon before the track was cleared for the passage[of trains, the first through being the milk train north dne here at 7.30 a. m. The early north bound trains went around by the Michigan City division, and Wilders, and also of course, the southbound paper train due here at 4.49 a. m. Thus Rensselaer had no Chicago or Indianapolis papers until noon that day. The 10 :55 train south stayed lißre to meet the milk train, and dose behind the latter, came the north bound 9:55 a. m. train. There was a oig job of mail handling at the poat-cffice when the mail from all trains together with that that should have come on the two etrly tiame, all got in at once.