WOMAN KILLED AT PORTLAND
Mrs. Sally Norris Walks Into Path of Train.
Portland, Ind., June 15 -- Mrs. Sally Norris, 71, was killed at 9 o'clock this morning when she was struck by an eastbound Nickel Plate freight train at the Middle street crossing. Mrs. Norris stepped on the track directly in front of the moving train. Her body was carried along the track for a distance of sixty feet. The body was badly mutilated, Injuries consisting of a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left arm and her right leg was nearly severed above the ankle. Mrs. Norris was walking northward on the west side of the street, going from her own home to the home of a nephew, Vilas Ludy, on West Water street. Her view was obstructed by the butter tub factory and a box car on the side track.
Witnesses Say Flashers Working.
According to the witnesses, the engineer blew the whistle as the train approached the crossing and the flashers were working. Mrs. Norris was somewhat deaf and apparently did not hear the train nor observe the signals. Surviving are her husband, Charles Norris; one daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Reynard, of Deerfield; three brothers. Finley Prewette, of near Alexandria, Mack Prewette. of Indianapolis, and another, whose name and address could not be learned and a sister, Birdie.
(The Muncie Sunday Star, June 16, 1935, Page 6)
Sarah “Sally” Frances Prewett(e) married three times.
(1887) John Frank Blunt.
(1897) John N. Cook.
(1907) Charles U. Norris
Contributor:
Joseph R. Punderson
Mrs. Sally Norris Walks Into Path of Train.
Portland, Ind., June 15 -- Mrs. Sally Norris, 71, was killed at 9 o'clock this morning when she was struck by an eastbound Nickel Plate freight train at the Middle street crossing. Mrs. Norris stepped on the track directly in front of the moving train. Her body was carried along the track for a distance of sixty feet. The body was badly mutilated, Injuries consisting of a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left arm and her right leg was nearly severed above the ankle. Mrs. Norris was walking northward on the west side of the street, going from her own home to the home of a nephew, Vilas Ludy, on West Water street. Her view was obstructed by the butter tub factory and a box car on the side track.
Witnesses Say Flashers Working.
According to the witnesses, the engineer blew the whistle as the train approached the crossing and the flashers were working. Mrs. Norris was somewhat deaf and apparently did not hear the train nor observe the signals. Surviving are her husband, Charles Norris; one daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Reynard, of Deerfield; three brothers. Finley Prewette, of near Alexandria, Mack Prewette. of Indianapolis, and another, whose name and address could not be learned and a sister, Birdie.
(The Muncie Sunday Star, June 16, 1935, Page 6)
Sarah “Sally” Frances Prewett(e) married three times.
(1887) John Frank Blunt.
(1897) John N. Cook.
(1907) Charles U. Norris
Contributor:
Joseph R. Punderson
WOMAN KILLED AT PORTLAND
Mrs. Sally Norris Walks Into Path of Train.
Portland, Ind., June 15 -- Mrs. Sally Norris, 71, was killed at 9 o'clock this morning when she was struck by an eastbound Nickel Plate freight train at the Middle street crossing. Mrs. Norris stepped on the track directly in front of the moving train. Her body was carried along the track for a distance of sixty feet. The body was badly mutilated, Injuries consisting of a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left arm and her right leg was nearly severed above the ankle. Mrs. Norris was walking northward on the west side of the street, going from her own home to the home of a nephew, Vilas Ludy, on West Water street. Her view was obstructed by the butter tub factory and a box car on the side track.
Witnesses Say Flashers Working.
According to the witnesses, the engineer blew the whistle as the train approached the crossing and the flashers were working. Mrs. Norris was somewhat deaf and apparently did not hear the train nor observe the signals. Surviving are her husband, Charles Norris; one daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Reynard, of Deerfield; three brothers. Finley Prewette, of near Alexandria, Mack Prewette. of Indianapolis, and another, whose name and address could not be learned and a sister, Birdie.
(The Muncie Sunday Star, June 16, 1935, Page 6)
Sarah “Sally” Frances Prewett(e) married three times.
(1887) John Frank Blunt.
(1897) John N. Cook.
(1907) Charles U. Norris
Contributor:
Joseph R. Punderson
Mrs. Sally Norris Walks Into Path of Train.
Portland, Ind., June 15 -- Mrs. Sally Norris, 71, was killed at 9 o'clock this morning when she was struck by an eastbound Nickel Plate freight train at the Middle street crossing. Mrs. Norris stepped on the track directly in front of the moving train. Her body was carried along the track for a distance of sixty feet. The body was badly mutilated, Injuries consisting of a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left arm and her right leg was nearly severed above the ankle. Mrs. Norris was walking northward on the west side of the street, going from her own home to the home of a nephew, Vilas Ludy, on West Water street. Her view was obstructed by the butter tub factory and a box car on the side track.
Witnesses Say Flashers Working.
According to the witnesses, the engineer blew the whistle as the train approached the crossing and the flashers were working. Mrs. Norris was somewhat deaf and apparently did not hear the train nor observe the signals. Surviving are her husband, Charles Norris; one daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Reynard, of Deerfield; three brothers. Finley Prewette, of near Alexandria, Mack Prewette. of Indianapolis, and another, whose name and address could not be learned and a sister, Birdie.
(The Muncie Sunday Star, June 16, 1935, Page 6)
Sarah “Sally” Frances Prewett(e) married three times.
(1887) John Frank Blunt.
(1897) John N. Cook.
(1907) Charles U. Norris
Contributor:
Joseph R. Punderson
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