New-York tribune. [volume], September 19, 1920, Page 7, Image 55

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West ShoreTraM Hits
?NDIANA.3?fuck
at Orangeburq,N.YonJulu0~
Truck proceeds in spite of terrific impact, picks up load of
pipe and returns to garage in New York City 20 minutes late.
A sharp curve hid the train as this 5-ton INDIANA
TRUCK ran out upon the West Shore tracks near
Orangeburg, N. Y.
The driver "gave her the gas" and jumped just as
the huge engine struck head on backed by the force of
mail and baggage cars and ten full passenger coaches
running at 25 miles an hour.
The wooden body of the truck was splintered, the
steel frame twisted almost at right angles and the truck
rebounded to the track, tearing up the heavy rails for
several yards.
Miraculously the driver, Max Hecht, escaped alive?"
He says: "Imagine my surprise when I found that the
truck was able to proceed under its own power." He
proceeded to his destination, picked up a load of pipe and
drove to New York.
Reporting at the INDIANA Service Station, he was
astounded to learn that the running gear of the truck
was absolutely uninjured.
The frame, twisted nearly at right angles by the
terrific impact of the collision, showed not a single crack.
More remarkable still, the rear axle was in perfect
condition.
This accident gives you an actual picture of what "112'r
Reserve Strength" means in INDIANA TRUCKS. Do you know
of any other truck which can survive a collision with a twelve-car
express train running at 25 miles an hour?
This super-strength of the INDIANA?its ability to stand all
punishment?is one of the reasons why the INDIANA has made a
permanent home for itself in New York.
The 5-ton INDIANA TRUCK owned
by the Cunard Motor Trucking Com?
pany of New York as it appeared be?
fore the accident on July 8th.
The same truck after collision with
the express train?able to pick up a
load and proceed under its own
power.
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2-21^-3^-5 tons ? are rightly adjudged the
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?and compare the INDIANA, point for point,
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