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From: Randi Richardson <>
Subject: [INMONROE] Engineer Dies in Monroe County Train Wreck
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 16:19:03 -0500

Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress, Dec 22, 1886, p. 2.

Another terrible wreck occurred on the Monon last Sunday moring. The train
that leaves here at 2 o'clock a. m. broke in two when nearing Wood Yard
Station four miles north of town, and the engineer, Daniel Heaphy of
Lafayette, losing control of the train, his engine dashed into a freight
from the north that was standing partly on the main and partly on the side
track. The engineer and fireman jumped, the fireman escaping with a few
bruises, but the engineer struck a target and bounded back under the car
wheels. His head was split and both legs crushed off. Death was
instantaneous. The remains were brought to Bloomington and were prepared
for burial by C. Vanzandt, (t)hen they were taken to Lafayette where
deceased had a wife and three children. Ten freight cars and the
locomotive were a total wreck, entailing a loss of over $20,000.

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