The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-30
THE VANDALtA GOES OVER A
STEEP EMBANKMENT
Two KILLED And FORTY INJURED.
john W. norton. the welt Known ST.
iouis fctor aud Manager. Instant
by Eiucd Zelda ~cEuin wallace,
tho Operatic Singer, Injured
accident caused by
spreading Rails.

TVuIANAroIis Ind Jan. ga terrl-
BILE wr. els. causing loss of life and
manned limb. occurred at Coatsville
at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
NaudaIia train so. 2O. due I'm this city
at e:3s was wrecked bv the Spreading
OF the rails. Twopersous were killed
almost instantly and from thirty to
forty were seriously injured.
The dead are. John N. Norton,
manager Grand opera house. ST. Louis.
Mrs w. s. Towers Carthage Mo.
The injured are: Margaret Roberts,
+ 561 Park avenue, Indianapolis njured
about the face and breast, internal
injuries.
Ewing O. Whiting, Boston bal cut
over the left eve
Mrs Ewing o. Whiting. Boston in
iured about side and breast; SER ouslv.
$ Neugeon. NIro Texas, seriously
hurt about the head, probably fatally.
T. l.. Wrap. hurt about head. not
. serious
DR. II. j. Talbot. indianapolis,
seriously hurt about the head and in
terually injured
Mrs. y. w. Ferguson. Terra Haute,
right side and internally injured
Mrs, ID. Hudson. Green Castle. Ind,
cut on right side of head, not serious,
Gertrude Parish. I-ycar-old girl.
/ Palestine. Ill.,, cut ON side. not serious.
. w. $. Towers Carthage, Mo, badly
hurt in side.
/ ID. W. Meushall. Terra Hautc, seri-
/ ou,ly cut and fears of internal injury.
/ Lulu Sheets, Indianapolis badly
cut about the knees.
j. j. Lea, Mansfield, Ohio, leg
mashed.
John w. Cravens editor Green Cas-
/ tie World. rib broken and badly
+ bruised about body.
Mrs Zelda Seguin Wallace, Indian
upolis hurt i'm back, not dangerous.
Richard Tarush, Brazil, Ind, head
hurt
J. w. Mitchell, Terre Hautc, skull
fractured.
Mr. Delft, Omaha, Neb., badly
bruised
Joseph II. Dillon, travelling sales
man. New York badly bruised.
Mrs Joseph II. Dillon. New York.
badly bruised and arm broken.
J.. W. ID. Bebee, Paris H., bruised
about the head.
Frank Gully. Washington. d. c.,
Pullman car conductor. badly bruised
Mrs Rothschild, Ogden Utah, bad
Is bruised.
Mrs ID. L. Anderson. Green Castle,
I Ind, hurt about the head.
Mrs. Fc~cus Terre Hautc, ribs bro
ken, internal injuries.
Andrew Johnson Pullman porter.
right arm broken.
Charles Jones, colorcd porter, In
dianapolis, hurt i'm back.
G. j Carson. Elmira, y. Y, hip
crushed and eye gougcd out
G.. Sherwood. Nyack, y. N..shoulder
blade broken.
w. l. Sherwood, Nyack, y. Y, one
eve Knocked out
C.. H Schmienmier, Evansville, Ind,
hurt internally.
Congressman Faris of the Eighth
Indiana district cut over the left eve.
The train was running at full speed
and was about ten minutes late. 1t
had just passed the town of Coatsviue
and was rounding a curve when the
track spread. The private car Of
President r. W. McKeen, which was
i'm the rear, jumped the track This
was followed by the parlor car ana
then the ladies' car An went off the
track, the two rear ears going down
the embanEmeut ten feet before the
train could be stopped. The smoker
p l.
The two rear cars caught fire, but
were eNtinguished when the work of
rescuiug began
A man soon died 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. Loui s..
lie was carried TO school house un-
conscious, and lived only short
time. He did not speak.
Mrs. W. s. Towers of Carthage.
Mo, was carried from the car, and
died while being taken 10 the school
house. The injured were carried mp
5 the embaukmeut TO houses on the
north side of the track and soon the
townspeople and physicians gathered
? 60 give assistance.
Zelda Scguin Wallace one of the
injured, is woman Of national repu-
tatiou. a few years ago few of better
, voice or more grace trod the operate
? stage She was member first of
p the famous Richings Opera company,
{ and of the Carl Rosa, Emma Abbott,
p and other famous companies. She
Z | appeared at the May musical festival
, % this city She is a wonderfully
| well preserved woman. She is the
wife of cN-Deputy Postmaster David
D Wallace, who is a son of Governor
Wallace and "a half-brother 10 General
! Lew Wallace.
II is miraculous that SO many es-
capped uuhurt The wrecking crew
a was sent 90 the scene and the track
soon cleared. No cause is known foI
the wreck only that the track spread
Coatsville, the scene of the wreck
: is twenty-e ight miles west of Indian
| apolis.