Bluffton, Indiana Train Wreck
May 29, 1911
HURT IN INTERURBAN WRECK
Limited and Local Trains Collide Near Bluffton,
Ind.
Bluffton, Ind., May 29 – Six persons were
seriously injured by flying glass when a
northbound limited and a southbound local car on
the Union Traction line collided six miles south
of Bluffton.
The collision was caused by air brakes on the
limited failing to work. Both cars were crowded.
The injured were taken to a Fort Wayne hospital.
The seriously hurt are: THOMAS NUTTER, Warren;
FRED HULL, Bluffton; JOHN FRANTZ, Bluffton; JOHN
WHACKER, Bluffton; JAMES D. LAWRENCE, Muncie,
MRS. LAWRENCE.
The Iowa City Citizen Iowa 1911-05-29
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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