Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — M[?]re About The Wreck at Dyer. [ARTICLE]

M[?]re About The Wreck at Dyer.

Monday’s Hammond Tribune gives the following particulars regarding the.freight train wreck on the Monon at Dyer Sunday night: An extra Monon freight,, north bound was derailed Jthis side of Dyer about six o’clock last evening. It is stated that the engineer did not stop the train in time for the crossing and the engine and some eighteen freight cars went off the derail, The track was damaged for come little distance and traffic over that section was not resumed until almost noon today. Monon officials regard the wreck as me Worst they have ever khowii where there was no loss of life. The eighteen oars were all ditched and almost totally destroyed. The contents were also badly damaged and the loss to the company will amount to a considerable sum, The train was running about thirty miles an hour when it struck the derail and the cars at once left the track and plunged down the embankment. The entire crew escaped without injury which is remarkable considering the gravity of the accident. The track was damaged for a long distance and the wrecking crew were kept bard at work clearing up the debris and restoring order. The cars were badly piled up by the wreck and lay in every conceivable manner,