The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-29
NoRToN.s CONDITION.
At Midnight Physicians Wondered
that He Was Alive.

Poor John w. Norton one of the most
popular theatrical managers of the country,
lay dying at midnight in a little frame
church which stands on the hill about three
hundred yards above the track. Norton WAS
carried to the church few moments after
he drawn from the wreck Not word
passed his lips from the moment he was
carried to the church and laid upon a bench
until midnight last night He was fright
fully mangled about the. head and i,~aast.
His skull was crushed and piece of
eyes Last night he FL esented a ghastlv sight.
lying beneath the pale light of a coal-oil
lamp and surrounded by throng of Curl
Gus villagers. DIR. Rice. of Terre Haute.
was almost constantly at his side, but at
the hour the special left Coatesville, had
no hope of his recovery; on the contrary,
he evinced surprise that the injured man
had long survived. Norton was in the
damngn car M dnne When fonn me e as
completely buried beneath the timbers of
the coach. One or two of his indianapolis
and remained with him through the night.
He was his way to New y riS on the
atrical business.
Went to Attend Mrs. Wallace.
DR.. Henry Jameson went over to Coates
vile the 1:2O train to attend Mrs. Wal
lace. There were number at the station
awaiting the arrival or word from friends
in the wreck There was a great deal of
about every one supposed to have anything
later than they themselves knew. rail-
road employee said the company could bet
ter have afforded to burn up 100000 than to
have had the wreck occur The loss. he
thought, would reach that sum to the COM
pany This is The first accident however
in the history of this company, it is said, in
which a passenger has been killed There
have been accidents in which the employees
met with fatality, but never before pas
Senger.
MOfher.s Love
Mrs. D. l.. Anderson of Greencastle, WAS
riding in the chair car at the time of the
wreck. She had with her child in arms
When the work of rescuins began the res
cuers found the mother and child in diff
ferent parts of the wreck. The persons
taking them from the sent the mother
to one house and the child TO another, not
mother of the child. She was uncon-
scious at the time she was taken out and
when she regained CONSCIOUSNESS the hrst'
word she spoke was for her child She
was almost craZed with grief for a time.
and her pleadinSs for some word of her
child were heart rending. She was wholly
unconscious of her own Injuries. and when,
after time, her child was found and she
learned that it had not been hurt she inn
mediately became calm, and then for the
first time thought of the injuries she had
received
Mrs. SWANS Narrow Escape.
Miss Roberts had been riding in the day
coach with Mrs. Swain. of Bloomington.
Just before the fatal switch was reached
Conductor Wise told her and Mrs. Swain
that they might go into the chair car IL
the day coach was too cold for Them the
fire in the day coach being very low at the
time. Miss Roberts accepted the invitation.
Miss Roberts had hardly taken her seat In
the chair car till the cars left the track.
the chair car being one of them. The day
coach did not leave the track.