The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-01
WRECK ON VANDALIA.
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK AND TWO PEo-
PIE REPORTED KILLED

And Forty injured. some of Whom May
Swell the Death RoII-Mrs. Zelda seguin-
Wallace, the Famous Singer, One of the
Wounded.
lNDIANAPoLIs Jan. GA terrible
wreck, causing loss of life and manned
limbs, occurred at Coatesville at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Vandalia train No.
?, due in this city at $780, was wrecked by
the spreading of the rails. Two persons
were killed almost Instantly and four or
five were seriously injured The train
was running Mt full speed and was about
twenty minutes late. 1t had just passed
the town of Coatesville and was rounding
curve when the tracks spread. The
private car of President r. w. McKeen,
which was in the rear, jumped the tracks.
This was followed by the parlor car and
md then the ladies' car. All went off
the track, the two rear cars going
down the embankment ten feet before the
train could be stopped. The smoker left
the track, but did not go over,
Died shortly After Their Rescue.
Two rear cars caught fire, but were ex-
tinguished whom the work of rescue be-
gan. A man died soon after being taken
from the car In his pocket were found
letters indicating that his name was John
w. Norton, manager of the Grand Opera
House at st. Louis. He was carried to a
school house unconscious, and lived only
a short time Mrs W. S. Towers, Garth
age, Mo-. was carried from the car and
died while being taken to the school
house. Tho injured were carried up the
mbankment to houses, and soon the
townspcoplc and physicians gathered to
give assistance
About Forty More or Less Hurt.
The injured arc: Margaret Roberts, 567
Park avenue, indianapolis, Ind, face,
breast and internal injuries; Ewing o.
Whiting, Boston, bad cut over left eye;
Mrs. Ewing o. Whiting, Boston, injured
about side and breast seriously; S. Neu-
geon, Vigo, Tex, seriously hurt about
head-probably fatally; f. L. Wrap, hurt
about head, not seriously; Dr. II. j. Tai
bott, indianapolis, seriously hurt about
head and internally injured; Mrs. N w.
Ferguson, Terro Hnute, right side hurt
md internally injured; Mrs. ID. Hudson,
Greencastle, Ind, cut on right side of
head-not serious; Gertrude Parrish, 4
year-old girl, Palestine, Ills, cut on side
of face--not serious; w. S. Towers, Car
thagc, Mo-, badly hurt in side; ID. w.
Minshall, Tcrrc Haute, seriously cut and
fears of internal injury; Lulu Sheets, In
dianapolis, badly hurt about knees: j. ).
Lea, Mansfield o., leg mashed; John w.
oIt tnp Tn
rib broken and badly bruised;
Mrs. Zelda Seguin- Wallace Indianap-
Oils hurt in back - not dangerous;
Richard Trauch, Brazil, Ind, head hurt;
j. W. Mitchell, Terre Haute, skull frac-
tured; Mrs. Delft, Omaha, NeD., badly
bruised; Joseph II. Dillon, travelling sales
man, New York, badly Bruised; Mrs. j.
Z. II. Dillon. New York, badly bruised
and arm broken; L. W. ID. Becbe Paris,
Ills, bruised about the head; Frank
Gully, Washington, ID. c., Pullman car
badly bruised; Mrs. Roths-
child, Ogden, Utah, badly bruised; Mrs,
ID. l.. Anderson, Grcencastlc, Ind, hurt
about head; Mrs. Fcscus, Terre Haute, ribs
broken, internal injuries; Andrew John
son, Pullman porter, right arm broken;
Charles Jones. colDrcd porter, Indianapo-
lis, hurt in back; @. i. Carson, Elmira,
n. Y, hin crushed and eye gouged out; G.
Nvaok, n Y, shouldcr-blrGe
broken; w. l. Sherwood, Nyack, n. Y,
one eye knocked out; c. H. Schmicnmier,
Evansville, Ind, hurt internally; Rpro-
sentative Faris, Eighth Indiana district,
bad cut over left eye.
There were Il dozen others less serl-
ously injured. The identity of the man
killed has been confirmed He is tho st.
Louis theatrical manager and is we'll
known in both Slis country and Europe,
rs promoter Of theatrical enterprises He
was also ut one time u newspaper man.
LATER Mr.. Norton is pot dead but his
recovery is impossible.