The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-26
Jury Empaneled Today; Views Bodies in Local
Morgues; Hearing Set for Saturday at 10
O'clock; Witnesses Summoned to Appear
for Complete Probe of Affair.
ILL-FATED COACH WAS NOT
LIGHTED SAYS INJURED MAN
Passenger Waits at Norge Heavy Freight
Plunges Into Rear, Telescoping Two Cars;
Five Dead; Many Injured; Wounded
In Hospital Not Fatally Hurt.

That an investigation into the
cause of the Frisco wreck at Norge
Christmas morning is to be pushed,
is evidenced by the fact that cor
oners inquest has been ordered held
over the bodies of the wreck vic
Tins, by D. M. Cavaness county at
torney and hearing set for this
city Saturday morning at 10 o'clock,
before Justice of the Peace M. E,
Bunnell. The witnesses are sum
moned to appear at that time.
The jury, empanelled this morn
ing, viewed the bodies and was dis
missed to report again for duty at
the hearing. The following were
name dto act on the jury: 0. S.
Penny, Sam McGranahan, A. j.
Pickett, A. B. Cochran, 0. b..
Hunter ana w. II. Whiddon
The only two Chickasha people
thus far reported as aboard the i'll
fated passenger were Mr. and Mrs
Calvin Cox. Mrs. Cox was bruised
about the chest and while her in
juries are painful, they are not
thought to be serious. Mr.. Cox es-
capped practically without a scratch
Physicians Called.
1t was Mr. Cox who after extri-
eating himself and wife from the
wreclage called Chickasha and sum
moned medical aid. Drs. J. c. Am
brister, D. S. Downey and w. s.
Corbin, responded to the call, arriv-
ing at the scene Of the tragedy about
1870 on a special train out Of Chick
asha They rendered first aid to
the injured. When the doctors ar
rived, four were dead and Lieuten-
ant McLauren died shortly after
ward The dead and seriously in
iured were brought back to Chick
asha on the special, those whose in
juries were minor proceeding on
their way
Burt Fields and Sam Heffner of
Norge did heroic work in organizing
the situation and caring for the in
iured. Many of the injured were
taken to the residence of Mr.. Heff-
ner and made comfortable until the
spcial was ready to return to
Chickasha
No Light in Coach
There was no light and very little
fire in the coach l was in" said e. e
Hunter of Fletcher, when seen thi,
morning at the Early hotel "Thi.
coach was the second from the bacl
and was dark when we left Oklahoma
City. It was divided into three parts
I was sitting about the middle of thC
back compartment l can't say how
long the train stopped at Norge as
was asleep when we rolled in there
Some fellow kept shining a light in
the window and shouting Norge
Norge. It woke me up and saved
my life. Iwould have been killed
l believe had I not reused up as
was lying down in the seat Will,
asleep.
when this fellow making all the
noise woke me up, l sat up in the
seat and had just raised up when The
crash came. I can't tell much whaf
happened right then. The first thing
knew, my right arm had smashed
through the slylight. I couldn't tel
or don't know right now whether The
coach turned over on its side ol
whether it was split wide open. 1
seemed that the bottom half Of the
coach was split off, letting the top, OF
roof down on US.
Wreck Catches Fire
I tried to get out through the op
> ening my arm sticking through, bu