The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-08-06
LOCAL MATTERS.
what Might Have been a Terrible
Tragedy.
Thare Is divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hugh them rs we may.


Rough hugh them we may.
Last Sunday evening as our worthy
Mayor. ID. G. Clark, and family, were re-
turning to This city from Corvallis. they
met with an accident which might have
proved most terrible in its results to at
least one of the famly. AS :hey reached
point this side of Corvallis where the
road apprcarhes the Willamette within Il
few feet of the bank. and the shadows
were growing longer aad longer. a COW
proceeded l,i ur.iy 10 arise form her re
cumlcnt position ia the fence corner some
little distance in front of the team. The
near horse observed the object in the fading
light and SHE'D before the horse flirly
understood the matte" probably. In" COW
made another effort to rise. when the
horse Sqnattetl. gave Il plnnge. slipped the
ting over his back. faced about and co'u-
menced backing tho hack towards the
river. Just at this mollert Miss Lulu
Clark jumped from the hack. n mi in doing
so. she lost control of her open paraSol,
which blew in the face of the frig giitened
animal, making him more unmanaGahle.
/ if possible than before the hack became
| era ped. Mr.. Clark was thrown from the
| hack, while Mrs. CIhrll got ont in some
! manner. leaving Miss Jennie Clark sole
| occupant of the vehicle. After Mr. Clarll'S
expulsion from the hack. the team hack
/ and all went over the bank. one OF The
| horses aild tie hack lodging on some
a!lers growing in the almost perpendicnlar
! bank. while Miss Jennie and Que Of the
horses fell clear of everything into the
river, ut This point probably twenty feet
| deep. Mrs Clark. with the quick dis
eernneut of loving mother. ut once took
| in the " hole sItnat5nn. ana cried to Mr.
! Clark to hasten ard save .Te',Hie- just at
tllis moment-atnl the Whole AFFAIR only
| occupied the fcwc>t seconds Of time--H
familiar yu"e was heard 70 ex,'aim
I'm all right, mother" And sure
! enough, when Mr. Clark peared over Ihe
bank, there she sat on Il ittle bcrch of u
few inches IN width, created III the hank
by the action OF tue water, holding ON for
keeps. Having IA len clear of the brush
into deep wafer. ;tS soon aS she came tu
the surface sle reached ont for lauG,
happily ea'chinS some projections from the
| bank and Ciamhef:tg to the little shelf "'
| bench spoken ot above. was -aft tor the
time being. Hep arrived soon. Miss
Jeniiie was relieved from her unpleasant
position aud taken to Corvallis hy Mr., G
c. Cherry. who oprorr'"t'v iHpeued to
he r;s-,ing in II h,sgv. where >!.c d"nnrt
drv rsinent. and was none the worse tor
tie fail The lrdgph horse WAS pu,icd mp
to rle top of The bank by main Strength,
| wi,il, thu otIi,r, having faten clear of thr
| bru-l into ''eeY water aud sustaining n"
| injury tita,ling lie could not succeed il
| climbing up the IaHE. struck ont for Il e
| opposite side. wil-re lie was caught and
| brought l,.cll acro-~ the ferry ut Corvallis,
One of NJ Clarl'S shoulders was some.
! what bruised an.! his ankles jammed
otherwise. barri"g the scare. no particular
harm was done. But tie chances Ntte
all against 30 happy an ending. Had The
hack fallen al, ar OF the bushes. il woutd
have fallen upon Miss Jennie. and dcd
her lif. 1t was happy escape. and
none of tie party Will ever pass that pa"i
OF the road without a cold c'til! ere. ping
over them at rhe fIiorght of what might
Iaye been the result of the accident.