From the October 18, 1901 issue of the Mansfield News:
Engine and Cars Derailed - Mishap on the Erie Tears Things Up a Bit
At 5:20 o'clock Thursday afternoon a freight wreck occurred in the Erie railroad yards near the union depot. The accident did not result seriously, although the damage was somewhat extensive. Freight train number 1466, which was running as an extra, was coming down the grade some little distance west of the Richland Vehicle Works. About three hundred yards from the crossing of the Pennsylvania lines and the Erie, as the train struck the switch on the north siding, the engine was derailed and with it five box cars. As the cars went off they twisted several of the rails on the main track out of shape and broke others. The ties were destroyed at several places, the switching pipes were bent and the frogs at two of the side switches were injured so as to make them useless. The damage to the cars was slight and the engine was uninjured. The wrecking crew at Galion was at once sent for and responded some little time after the accident.

In the meantime the engine was run back on the track, but the assistance of the crew and special machinery were needed to replace the cars. The train was finally gotten in running shape again and the freight went on its way this morning. Engineer Charles Eason, who had charge of the train, stated that he saw the derail was against him and that he attempted to halt the freight, but was unable to do so. He applied all the steam the engine would allow, but the train still moved on. It will take some time until the track is in first-class shape again and the switches are put in working order. Section Boss James Hurley has a gang of men at work today and the tearing out of the broken ties and the replacement of new ones and new rails is in progress at the location of the wreck. The different trains that pass through the city run on the main siding on the north side of the main track.

From the February, 1910 issue of Erie Magazine (Marion News):
Engineer Eason has been laid up for a couple of weeks with scalds received when the lubricator glass on his engine exploded recently near Ashland.

From the March, 1919 issue of Erie Magazine:
CHARLES J. EASON -- The Galion Inquirer announces the death of Charles J. Eason, who had been employed as engineer for thirty-three years, but retired from active duty. For a long time he conducted a grocery business. He is survived by two children and a brother.