The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-24
SAD ACCIDENT AT MONTPELIER.
DR.. w. H. Lords Little Daughter Fatally
Injured.

A Montpelier special to the st. Adams
Adrertisor, Friday morning, gives the fol-
lowing account of sad and fatal accident
to the youngest daughter of Rev. DR.. VIM.
III. Lord on Thursday afternoon, which
has thrown a gloom over the entire village,
by whom this beautiful little victim was
pettcd and beloved. Thursday morning
DR.. Lord borrowed horse and open buggy
of his neighbor, the Rev. Mr.. Smith, editor
of the Vermont Chr0nicle, and taking his
two youngest children, Charlie and Bessie,
of eight and five respectively, drove TO
| VIM. Mulloy's farm house, in that part of
East Montpelier which adjoins the little
village of Wright's Mills, in town. There
he left Charlie for weeks visit and short
ly after noon he and Bessie started for
home. Mulloy lives at the top of q steep
and rough hill road which leads from the
main road between Worcester and
Wrights Mills. While going down this
hill the horse became frightened from
some unknown cause and began to
run. Bessie, by her fathers command, lay
down on the floor of the buggy, while he
tried to gain control of the animal. But
the horse only ran the faster and either
while the team went over a high water-bar,
or while it swayed on to one of the side
banks, DIR. Lord was thrown to the ground
He still kept hold of the reins however, land
by almost superhuman exertions succeeded
in partially checking the horse. He en-
deavored to lift his daughter out with one
hand while holding the rins with the
other. He had just got his hand to her,
when, with tremendous spring, the horse
tore the reins from his gasp and ran down
the hill at terrible speed, the little girl
l crying, "Papa, save me Papa, save me "
Some fifty rods down was the house of
James Thayer, and here is sharp bend in
the road.
The team came leaping down the steer
hill and at Mr.. Thayers place, making only
a partial turn, went headlong over stont
wall Mr. Thayer, ST., was standing in
his yard. He says that Bessie went into
the air as the team went over the wall, ant
as she came down the horse must have
kicked her, for when he picked her up she
was lying the road. He carried her into
the house and his son went to Montpelier
as fast as his horse could carry him. Drs
Woodward and Macomber were soon OF
the spot and gave the sad information tha
nothing could be done to save her. Hel
jaw was broken in two places, there wa
an ugly scalp wound in the back of he
head, and her skull was literally
smashed to pieces. She was partly conscious
a few minutes, but soon became insen
sible and died at about four o'clock. He
father is incon.olable she was the young
est and pet of the family and the child O
her parents old age. To make the sal
event more sad, Mrs. Lord was away
Hanover, in attendance upon the sick be-
of their oldest daughter Many. She wa
telegraphcd to Immediately, and Governo
Smith placed special train at her dispose
which left White River Junction at sever
O'Clock Thursday evening. The docto
himself was somewhat hurt, but in hi
great grief he refuses treatment as well a
consolation. "Let my heart bleed" III
says to his Borrowing friends. The funera
takes place Saturday afternoon,