Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1907 — NONE INJURED IN BAD WRECK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NONE INJURED IN BAD WRECK

[Continued from first page.] the sleeper scarcely knew anything had happened. Immediately behind the engine tender were two mail cars with eight clerks. All of these escaped injury. Next came the express car, two day coaches and a sleeper. The train was in charge of Conductor Jack O'Brien and had slowed down for the Rensselaer stop, which was ofiTf Three blocks away . The alarm was sent at once to the telephone central office and the fearjof fire caused the. tire cotiipauy to be .‘ailed out and the fire whistle sounded. Hnuoreds of people were soon on the Hoeue, prepwied to assisbin t be—w of- rescue n • there was call tor then wurk Some fire wasTTSfTeit in the ttebrt* in front ot tiie eugine but b put out by a tew buckets ut water, but. driver Chester Zsi aud sevt-ial Of the fire compa try ere promptly on the stSene, tle.unustraiiUj the splendid protect )<ui <>f onr modernTy •equipped department. Both earlv northbonnd ' passengers, the milk train and the yu>s were halted at Monon and sent

north over the Michigan City . branch. An extra engine was sent down from the north and palled the wrecked passenger train to Fair , Oaks, and it was sent over the C. A E. I. to Wheatfield, over the Three Ito San Pierre and south over the Monona branch. Before it started the accomodation passenger between .Monon and Indianapolis ,wa? backed here and the passengers transferred to it from the south bound passenger. A wrecking train arrived at about 7:15 in the morning and the debris had been thrown to one side aixLthe.track repaired in time ~to let the 2:04 south bound passenger thru. The engine still lays on its side bat will probably be repaired enough by the crew/ now working on it to be taken to the shops today or tomorrow. 1 It waß truly quite a fortunate wreck to have resulted in no per sonal injuries.

Who was, the first of the week, thrown out of the Alton directorship, and who Stuyvestaut Fish is fighting for the presidency of the Illinois Central.

E. H. HARRIMAN.