Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1889-06-27
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On Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Charles |
Bellows of Drewsville and Miss Durham
drove up to Alstead and while Mr.. Bel |
lows called at Samuel Powers harness
shop for some work, Miss Durham re-
manned in the buggy. Mr.. Bellows, as a
matter OF precautiOn, which in this case
caused the disaster, snapped the hitch
chain into the horses bit, and from some
unaccountable cause the horse gave a
twitch on the chain which broke the bri-
die and began to run up River street.
Miss Durham had no possible control of
HIM by the reins as the bride was broken
and of. Her presence of mind, however,
| did not forsake her. Her efforts to
climb over the back Of the seat were I'M
successful. While he horse was tearing
| along at its highest speed she could only
cling to the carriage and shudder at her
danger. AS the horse neared the bridge
he took wide turn and came on the up
per or left hand side, but his great speed
threw Miss Durham violently Just as she
came into the bridge. Her shrek of ter
ror, the crash of the buggy as it over
turned and the chatter of the horses hoofs
drew the attention of all to the unfortu-
nate girl. A sensation of relief was felt
as they saw Miss Durham rise to her feet
and walk to the watering trough near by
and wash the dirt out of her eyes and the
blood from several slight cuts and bruises
on her face. She was taken into Mrs
Turner's and DR.. Gorham was soon on
the spot, but he failed to find any serious
injury. Mr.. E. w. White and wife were
just driving in the opposite direction
through the bridge and seeing that the
runaway was close up to his right, he
pulled sharply to his left and escaped a
collision. AS the runaway came out OF
the bridge the buggy righted itself and
the horse turned to the left down in front
of Webster's drug store. When past the
postoffice he turned again to the left and
ran to the brink of the old paper mill eel
lar hole, and instead of jumping in there
he again turned to the left and ran buggy
and all up on the postoffice piazza, the
buggy striking and taking out the iror
pillar at the corner of the piazza. The
horse again turned to the left and came
off the piazza between the second iror
pillar and tree and to the left of the
hay scales he steered straight for Lovelfs
store piazza where the buggy struck witt
great force splitting two of the planks
and taking off piece of one five or 81,
feet long. The buggy bounded into the
air and was thrown bottom side up. This
cramped the horses legs and threw hin
to the ground. He was then caught anC
,, liberated from the buggy. Strange as i
may seem, nothing was injured excep
that there were some slight breaks in thu
. harness and the dash of the buggy was
bent little.
Fred j. Burge, who was for so man.
y years the popular and successful LANDLORD
of the old "Humphrey House" here, ant
. who went to California three years ago
= returned to visit his friends here recent
ly. He is but little changed and look
hardly day older 1t is one of the pleas
g ATTEST things of the season to shake hi
= hand and listen to his wonderful storie
! of wonderful and beautiful sunset land.
The new abutment for our new irol
;, bridge is nearly done. The new bridg
: is expected to be put on about the first o
! August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred L. Prentiss took
:, carriage drive and visit among relative
: in Massachusetts, just before Fred enter
. upon the duties of his recent appointment
= as postmaster.
II Mrs. Glover and daughter Gertie hav
!, returned home and an older daughter
Mrs. Ida Howard, is visiting her.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Huntley of Glare
mont are visiting at F. j. Marvin's wit
Fred Burge.