The Portland daily press., 1896-08-01
AN EXCITING ACCIDENT.
Collapse of Wheel Caused 1t All.

Mr.. Charles D. Alexander's Valuable PAGER
Was Frightened and Ran Away-M r..
Alexander Senior and His Wife Thrown
Out and Mr.. Alexander Badly Hurt
The Horse Captured in Falmouth With
| Bad Wounds.
There was an exciting and peculiar &C.
| cident in East Deering early last evening
| by which valuable horse was injured,
q buggy demolished, Mr.. Charles AleXan-
der out and injured and in which almost
| by miracle, Mr.. Alexander and his wife
escaped very serious injury or perhaps
being killed.
The horse which figured in the case is
| one we'll known in Portland, the hand
some and beautiful pacer owned by Mr..
| Charles d. Alexander Of the Emery, Wa
terhouse Company, and purchased ~ him
some little time ago Of John T. Hainea
the well-known horse man. The horse
is very clever acting animal, bu high
| spirited and very fast.
1t seems that last evening Mr.. Charles
D. Alexander went to the circus and
asked his father. Mr.. Charles Alexander,
who resides at 161 Cumberland street to
| take the horse cut and exercise him.
Accordingly Mr.. Alexander took his wife
| along and started for Falmouth. They
rode in very light and new open speed
ing buggy fitted up with bearings. When
| approaching Martins Point bridge at
| slow rate of speed, one of the front
wheels suddenly came off What caused
this, ID was impossible to find out last
night. The first warning Mr.. Alexander
had was when he was pitched violently
forward. Luckily Mrs. Alexander fell
over onto her husband and managed to
ge clear Of the wreck without any SELL
| GUS injury or bruises.
When Mr.. Alexander was pitched out
| he does not know what, and out bad
cash in the top of his head some four
inches in length. This blow almost
stunned him and of course deprived him
Of his strength. The horse became
frightened andsstarted tosrun. Mr.. Alex
ander hung on in spite of his wound and
was dragged some distance, but his
| strength failed him and he was obliged
| to let so. When the excitement began to
| wear away 1t was found he was hurt
| much more than at first thought. The
| wound in his head was bleeding badly
! and he soon began to get lame and in a
| short time could hardly walk, the result
of his fall and bruises from being
dragged. A Portland gentleman came
| along and kindly took Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander il his carriage and brought
them to the city to get medical attention
for Mr.. Alexander. he was assisted to
DR.. Charles A. Rings office, who exam
! ined his injuries. The cut on the head
proved to be very ugly scalp wound
and required number Of stitches, but
tho doctor thought there was no serious
injury to the skull. AS far as could be
determined there were no internal in
juries, though Mr.. Alexader was terribly
bruised and shaken up.
When the wheel came off the forward
axle dropped down on the horses ankles
and every time he stepped struck him
violently and out him as well. OF course
! this served to increase his fright very
much. He dashedsdown over the hill and
Martins Point bridge and kept going
fast on the other side toward Falmouth.
Mr.. James MCCARTHY of Falmouth was
driving TO Portland with three ladies
when he saw the horse coming. He
Jumped out and succeeded in stopping
him. The animal had not cleared himself
from the carriage, SO Mr.. Mccarthy took
him out, hauled the broken vehicle upon
the side Of the road and started for Port
land with the horse. Not knowing who
the belonged to, he took him to the police
station from where he was quickly re-
turned to Ansel Sawyer's stable where
he Is kept. Here DIR. Wescott, the vet
Urinary surgeon was called to attend
him.
He found severe cuts and wounds on
his hind legs produced by the striking
against them by the axle. Several arte-
ties were cut and bleeding profusely, aud
on one leg the "ooronary" bone or band
was severed. This is % small bone or
ligament that runs around the leg Just
where the hoof joins the flesh. The
| wounds were dressed carefully and the
fine animal made as comfortable as posi-
BILE. DE-. Wescott was Inclined 60 think
with care the horse would come out all
right.