Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-19
FATAL RUNAWAY.

Mrs. S. s. Harris, of New York City,
Thrown from Carriage on Robert
Street Yesterday and Fatally Injured.
Mrs. s. s. Harris, of New York, was reg
istered at the Merchants on the I'd inst. and
has since remained there. Yesterday morn
ing she ordered carriage and span of horses
from E. w. Shirk's livery stable for drive
about the city with lady acquaintance. She
was advised to take driver with the team,
but preferred to have none and asserted that
she was capable of managing and driving the
horses. Her first companions were two
ladies from the hotel, who rode with her for
some time, but finally became alarmed at
the spirited action of the horses and asked to
be taken back to the hotel, for which Mrs.
Harris playfully in manner, but with some
earnestness, called them cowardly. Her next
companions were another lady and her three
children, also guests at the hotel. This
lady also became alarmed and, the horses
having by this time become excited,
Mrs. Harris was willing to exchange them
for quieter team with which she intended
to fulfil promise to take crippled girl of
her acquaintance for ride. By the united
efforts of the two women the horses were
stopped and the children and their mother
got out of the carriage leaving Mrs. Harris
alone. She was advised by her frieuds to
call some man to her assistance, but laugh
ingly protested that she could certainly
guide the horses to their stable and drove off.
They were barely started when the horses
broke away from her control on Jackson
near Tenth street and ran moderately out
to Twelfth down Robert street at a frighlful
rate just below Seventh street they struck the
wood wagon OF John Jervois, of Little
Cansda, wrecking that, throwing Mrs. Har-
ras onto the sidewalk with such force that
she rolled for rod, and upsetting the car
riage, which they dragged on it's side for the
rest of their run. Between Sixth and Fifth
streets they struck Byron's Dayield's horse
and pushed him with light
wagon attached for some distance in front
of them, until they were caught and stopped
by Mr.. bayfield, and others, The carriage
was considerably damaged by being dragged
over the ground, but the horses appeared to
be none the worse for their run.
Mrs. Harris was picked up insensible and
carried into shop near by and laid on bed
where she was attended by women of the
neighborhood. Doctors Murphy and Hagan
were quickly summoned and found that
while the cuts and external bruises she had
received were not serious, that she was ap-
parently dangerously hurt internally, espec-
tally about the lungs. She remained uncon-
scious all the day and last evening was not
expected to recover consciousness during the
night, and it was then believed that she was
suffering from conclusion of the brain or
depression of the skull, she having struck on
her head when thrown from the carriage. No
hope of her recovery was entertained, although
it was supposed she might survive for some
days to come, the action of heart and lungs
being normal.
Mrs. Harris is apparently somewhat more
than fifty years of age. She owns farm
near LitchGed and had lately visited it.
During her stay at the Merchants she has
been engaged upon book she was writing,
and in the intervals of her work was quite
fond of society and had made quite num-
Der of pleasant acquaintance with ladies
she met at the hotel. She is said to be an
authoress of considerable note in Eastern
literary circles. She has brother resident
in Detroit, Mich, and other relatives in New
York city. Her sad fate excites the iveliest
sympathy among all who have made her &C
Quaintance.