On Thursday afternoon, May 13th, Mrs. Alice B. Barron, wife of Dr. A.A. Barron, a prominent physician of Charlotte, fell from the tenth story of the Charlotte hotel to the sidewalk below, and lives. She was watering flowers in the window when she lost her balance and plunged through space, landing first on a wire screen spread over the marquee, going thru the screen and the glass roof that extended over the sidewalk, striking the pavement with a thud. A woman’s scream and the crashing of glass attracted the attention of many persons near. Mr. W.M. Norman of Mooresville was the first man to reach her. She was conscious and directed those assisting to which hospital to take her. Upon rigid examinations, it was found that four ribs had been fractured and that other minor injuries had been sustained. At last accounts Mrs. Barron was doing quite well at the hospital, and it is said by her husband it is quite probable that she will be in normal health again within four or five weeks. The miraculous way in which the young woman escaped instant death is the great wonder of all who have read of the incident.
Mr. Norman, who was standing just inside the hotel drug store, ran to the front expecting to see a car load of people with probably someone killed, did not know here the woman came from. However, when the victim had been safely placed in a hospital and an investigation made, he found himself to be very nervous, having been terribly shocked and yet marvels at the life of the young woman having been spared.
From the front page of The Mooresville Enterprise, Thursday, May 20, 1926
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