Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
LOST IN THE FOG.
Strange Adventure of IL Young Lady Oh the
Cliff House Road.
From the Daily Alta California.

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Strange Adventure of Il Young Lady on the
CiiH House Road.
From the Daily Alta California.
| A few evenings since party of ladies
and gentlemen went out horseback rid
ing on the Cliff House road. The fore
part of the evening was quite pleasant,
and the ride was much enjoyed. After
spending about an hour at the Ocean
House the party started to return. In
the meantime heavy, thick banks of fog
had rolled in from the west, and objects
III the immediate neighborhood were
scarcely discernible. When the party
reached the hill overlooking the Cliff
House race to the Homestead was pro-
posed, and all accepted. 1t appears
that one of the young ladies, Miss Fow-
Ter, teacher in the Public School De-
partment, was mounted on an animal of
considerable speed, and her horse soon
distanced the others and was lost to
view. AS soon as the rest of the party
passed the Homestead they drew up their
horses, and anxious inquiries were
made for Miss Fowler. One Of the gen
tlemen in the company and the young
lady's brother Immediately started on
ahead, and reached the toll-gate with
out having learned anything of her
whereabouts. The toll-gate keeper said
that a horse had galloped through few
moments previous, but he could not say
whether q lady or a gentleman was the
rider, OF whether there was a rider or
not. The rest Of the party soon came
up, and the ladies were sent home un-
der the escort of one gentleman, and
the others started Off to the young
lady's residence, the stable where the
horses were obtained, and other points.
The horse had not returned to the sta
bic, there were no tidings of the young
lady at homo and her relatives and
friends were almost distracted. While
the friends OF Miss Fowler were busily
engaged In looking for her in the city
she was lying stunned and bleeding on
the Cliff House road. 1t appears that
soon after the horses started for the
race she lost control Of the animal, and
| after running about mile she lost con-
seriousness and fell from the horse
upon the hard ground. How she
managed to extricate her foot from
the stirrup she does not remem-
Der, and can recollect nothing after her
fall until she recovered her senses, with
the exception OF a terrible fear which
came over her when the horses of the
party dashed past and over her. One
of the hoofs of horse struck her on
the shoulder and bruised her very much.
At least an hour must have passed be-
fore she regained consciousness. She
was wet through from the heavy fog,
cold ShiyerinO and miserable with the
blood from several cuts on her forehead
covering her face and neck, and
her limbs aud shoulders aching badly.
In this condition she started to walk
into town; but before proceeding far she
thoughtsh might be going in the wrong
direction. However, she kept on, and
about two o'clock in the morning reached
the residence of friend in the Western
Addition, where she was comfortably
cared for, and word sent to her home
and friends. The horse was found the
next evening tied to a post on Mission
ctrant go tt.t-s