San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-21
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4 Frightened Horse Causes The
Death Of Annie Balzen.
She And Her Cousin We're Driving.
When They We're Thrown From
The Vehicle To The Ground.

A frightened horse which ran away
on Government hill yesterday after
noon at , O'clock caused the death of
17-year-old Annie Balzen and the SER
ious injury of her 10-year-old cousin
Roland Burge.
Miss Balzen and a younger sister
were staying with Mrs. F. Burge,
their aunt lat the corner of North Pine
and Crosby streets. Miss. Balzen, in
company with Roland Burge, left the
place in a single seated open buggy
yesterday afternoon at o'clock for
the post where she expected to secure
situation at one of the officers resi-
dences as house girl.
They reached the place, she COM
pleted her business in the house and
got into the buggy to return, when the
horse suddenly became frightened and
began to run down the driveway in
side the post. Both the occupants at
tempted to control the frightened ami
NAL, but TO no avail, as it Only\con-
tinued to increase its speed, and dash
down the driveway like some mad
fiend. By the time it reached the en-
trance and exit gate at the lower end
of the parade ground the animal was
dashing like mad and at this rate it
suddenly turned out of the gate. This
is where the damage resulted. As the
horse turned so suddenly, the buggy
wheels struck one of the large slant
ing guard-stOnes at the gate post, tip
ping it ON one side and throwing the
occupants out.
Miss BalZen was sitting on the side
of the buggy that was tilted the high
est and was consequently thrown out
with greater force, being dashed up
into the air and falling on the right
side of her head striking a stone,
which rendered her unconscious and
crushed her skull. She never regained
consciousness and died at 1:4O O'Clock.
The little boy was thrown from the
vehicle also, but only received large
cash in the top of his head and several
bruises about the body.
As soon as the accident occurred,
which was about o'clock, persons i'll
the vicinity picked up both unfortu-
mates and rendered all aid possible.
Mr.. Fred Stone, who was present, nOti-
fed the medical authorities at the post
and an ambulance was sent from the
hospital which conveyed them both
home. Lieutenant Stark, the post ply
stefan also accompanied the injured
ones to their homes in the ambulance
and there assisted in relieving their
suffering.
Drs. Paschal and Finch were notified
and together with DR.. Stark, they
dressed the injuries of both. The
wound on the little boys head was
sewed up and he was soon resting cas-
lily.
The doctors did all in their power to
alleviate the. suffering of Miss BalZen
and to restore her to consciousness,
but death already had her within its
grim clutches and she expired at the
time mentioned above, just twenty
minutes before the time set by the
doctors to operate on her head had
she lived.
Her skull was mashed on the right
side into a soft mass, the place being
as large almost as persons hand.
| Her collar bone was also broken.
Miss Balzen's family reside at New
Fountain, a small place in Atascosa
county and could not be appraised of
the fearful calamity which had be-
fallen them last night, owing to the alb
sence of any way of communication
with the place except by messenger.
Miss Annie and her sister came here
for the purpose of securing situations
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ceeded in securing position in a fam
ly on Nolan street last week and An
ME was attempting to secure one, all
unconscious of the near approach of
the end of her worldly existence,
when she was thrown from the buggy
never to regain consciousness in this
world again.
A Light reporter called at the Burge
residence this morning at 10 o'clock to
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