The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-06
RRATu EBORo VERMONT. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER g. 1890
A WEEK OF ACCIDENTS.
Tro,Iv BicycIe, Runaway, and various
'' other Sorts.

WEEK OF ACClDENls'
r..n, R,cyc,e. Runaway, and various
other Sorts.
1Dan Stolte met with an accident
r,esday afternoon, while riding bl-
.vcle ON Main street. In gong down
he Hill he ran into horse and 1t be-
mo- too near to get out Of the way ne
RED 70 ride under the horse and
struck his head on the shafts OF the
team. Knocking hlm off and shaking
him nm quite badly and also giving
him a bad looking eye as wei as seV
eral bruises.
There were three runaway accidents
and two bicycle mishaps Monday even
ing. The most serious OF the former
was that of Express Agent c. {. Tyler,
who was driving down Main street
with one of the express teams and with
his little son Frank in the seat beside
him. Just beyond the brow OF the hill
below the Elliot street corner, they
met an electric car, lights blazing,
shooting up the hill, as he thinks, AT
an unusually rapid pacee. The horse,
which had passed the cars scores and
nrobably hundreds of times, was some
what frightened and SHE'D to one side,
The animal didsnot act SO badly but
that it might have been controlled II
there had been no distractions. But
the wagon struck the stone and IRON
Grating over the deep gutter in front
of Goddard's restaurant, both shails
were broken. and OF course the horse
was then thoroughly frightened ana
dashed across the street where the
curbing was hit again and MI lyiei
was thrown out, and clear across the
sidewalk so that one arm and hano
went through f. +. Perry's store win,
dow. and the hand was quite badiy cu'
by the broken glass and both legs con
siderably bruised, some skin torn IRON
the knee down and the heel OF the Other
being hurt. The boy held to his seat II
the wagon until it was overturnee
near Vernon street. where the horse
was caught. The boy came out iron
under the wagon and seat uninJned, eX
cent from some black and blue spots
| but the horse was so severely cut abou
the legs, one tendon being nearly sey
cred. so that il was thought at lirst !
would have to be killed.
The lesson of the accident is plan
one With the cars running there ar
constantly going 10 be frightened
horses. There is none too mucn room
on Main street, but enough SO that bu
for distractions there would be II
damage in 500 cases out OF luVO, pu
although only little dancing is done D
an equine, If an obstruction is struck
there is going to be trouble every time
land manning or killing. Every one {
these anachronlstic CRATES on MAJ
street. or wherever the trolley runs
ishould be replaced by modern one
lsuch as are used in the cities. Ever
lone of the stone crossings over gutter
should be taken awaf That contrlN
lance lust put in at the Main-GroN
street corner. grating down IN a hol'
is little more than an accident trap.
About half an hour after this ace
dent horse belonging to c, II. PETIT
= of Hinsdale. and hitched in front
Pratt. Wright a Co.'S was frightened
not by the trolley but by a little bt
passing and dragging toy eXpre
cart. The animal jumped, snappt
the halter strap and dashed do"
a street. through the bridge and as u
+, as the Adams farm IN North Hinsda
before it was stopped.
A. G. Barnes is minus horse as Il
result of rather unusual accluel
chargeable to the trolley. lhe AMIN
was hitched in front of f. ". Week
a barber shop the other day and jump'
= and pulled as the ear passed ,
l didn't get away, however, and VI
+ Barnes drove off soon after. but Il
r horse continued To 90 more lame al
II AT distance of three or four miles,
WAS found impossible to get further.
The trouble was that muscle n;
been torn off bone aud the horse W
killed
Mrs. Gates. riding bicycle, with
child on the front. was thrown in tur
ing a sharp corner just below the II
road crossing. Both were thrown VI
lently and quite ways in the air, b
landed without seriouss harm.
t. Frank. son of W. IL. Welcome. al
e employed in the overall factory RI
the index finger of his left hand into
button -holing machine Friday a
jammed it quite badly.
James Burnap and wife of WI
chester, y. H., were the victims of
trolley accident while ON their way
the bicvcle races last week. Th'
horse was frightened by the cars a
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnap were be
thrown out of their carriage, but ,
capped with severe shaking up. L
top of the carriage was entirely
Y molished.
f. a. johnson. painter in the e
}, ploy of O'Neil, fell from a staging
the CONGREGATIONAL church Wednesd
striking on his face and cutting
l. cash in which three stitches had to
taken. He was badly shaken up /
no bones were broken.
Monday as F. a. Sargent was pa
ing Crosby's mill pond on the Du
merston road. he turned out to let
e. team pass and the wheel of his c
= passed over stone IN such way
to turn the cart up. thorwlng him o
against the horses which beca
- frightened and ran. Mr.. Sargent h
ei- ON to the rains for a time. but '
e. soon left behind. The horses
- home and he was carried home 10y
IN gentleman who fortunately happei
to be passing at the time No DO
. were broken but his arms were cons
all erablv wrenched and his right an
sprained and he is only able to
- about with the aid of crutches.
Mr.. Reed of Chesterfield was in fir
of Roberts store when his horse
frightened by the cars and whirl
struck Holton's express wagon. bre
ing the shafts and throwing him N
than a dozen feet over the horse's b