Refrigerator train piled high in air

Butter and tobacco strew right of way for 300 yards.

Special Despatch to The Globe.

Tillsonburg, June 14.—A serious wreck occurred on the main line of the Wabash Railway on the diamond here during the night, and the loss is estimated at $50,000 to the company. The accident is thought to have been caused by a car jumping the track in the centre of a long refrigerator train, and before the engine could be brought to a standstill fourteen cars had piled in the air, and it was very fortunate that no one was hurt.

Butter and tobacco were strewn along the tracks for 300 yards, and, as a result of sightseers with autos lading up from the wreckage, it rumored several arrests will follow for theft.

A strong rumor, which attracted motorists from many miles around, was to the effect that a car of bonded whiskey had also been in the wreck, but these motorists were disappointed. Wrecking crews from St. Thomas and Hamilton are both on the job, and will have the road cleared by night. In the meantime the Wabash passenger service is being routed through town over the Grand Trunk Railway.

Railways: G.T.Ry., Wab.Rd.

Stations: Tillsonburg (South)

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