The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-16
Accident at the Allentown Fair.

The Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette of the
the 10Th inst says: & most terrible ac-
cident took place at the fair ground about
3 o'clock un Thursday afternoon. AS the
horses were coming up to score in the
pacing race, Silas Sitgreaves drove near
the fence, which position was the one
that Nell Tammany, one of the compcti,
tors for the prize, should have taken
Tammauy called for SitSreaves to drive
to one side, but as the sorrel horse DRIVEN
by Tammauy was going at a rapid rate, it
was impossible for Sitsreaves to get out
of the way in time, aud the left wheel OF
the approaching sulky struck that OF
Sitgreaves, and threw Tammany from his
seat The lines were fastened back OF
the vehicle, and, in falling, Tammany be-
came en,angled in them, and bis legs
were caught between the spOkes OF the
wheel, completely fastening him, aud it
was impossible to extract himself Tie
horse still maintained his rapid gait, and
as he ran at ullsreed dragging the unfor'u-
nate, man with him, the sceUe was heart
rending. Ou, on went the horse, and as
he sped along, the numerous crowd
shouted and halloaed for some one to stop
him. Men threw their hats at the horse,
ran on the track. held up their hands aud
shouted, but all attempts to stop the
ipfurated animal only made matters
worse, and on, on he went. The circuiI
Of the track was once made, Tammauy all
the while using his hands to keep his
head from the ground, and the sccue be
came more and more sickening as the
track was once more rounded, and the
horse still running rapidly, the man still
locked n the wheel, and all his endeavors
to free himself from his perilous position
were fruitless. The excited crowd then
pulled boards from the fence and ran upon
the track, seemingly determined to knock
down or kill the horse if it were i'm
possible to stop him 10 any other way
Men could be seen running hithcr aud
thither upon the track with uplilted
white washed boards and. in fact, every
thing they thought could be rendered
useful in stopping the runaway animal
1t was not until TamnaDy had been
dragged for three quarters of a mile Gall
the while preventing his head from strik
ing the ground by the use Of lis hands
upon the bark track, one over the other)
that relief of substantial nature reached
the unfortunate man. Relief came In the
person of young son of Peter Sitgreaves
who at the peril of his own lie, ran in
front of the horse, grasped the lines, and
was himself dragged for some distance
before the animal could be brought to a
stand still. In his efforts to rescue Tam.
many, young Sitgrcuves had his clothes
almost entirely torn from his body, and
was not little bruised. He deserves
great credit for valor, and the thanks Of
the Lehigh County Agricultural Society
are due him for his courageous and manly
behaviour. A we'll filed purse of money
for he is a poor boy, and new and good
suit of clothes should be presented him
for his noble conduct Taking into cor.
sideration the speed at which the horse
ran, and the eDtanglement 10 the liues
and wheel, Mr. Tammauy's escape from
death is trul y miraculous. His Injuries
consist of slight bruises about the head
hands very much skinned and bruised
and his right arm aud one foot some " hat
injured. His pants below the knee were
all rubbed into holes by contract with
the track and the right foot was scratched
through holes made 10 the boot, and also
by the constant friction eDcountered by |
resting upon the ground during his terri
BILE drag around the race course. He
may congratulate himself on being NUN.
bered with the living to-day, as lew men
escape with their lives from positions of
such perilous nature.