The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-30
RUNAWAY HORSE INJURIES
Mrs. j, II. Selover aad Sister, Victims of
Serious Accident.

| Serious Accident
| Last night at about $50 the corner of
Main and Oak streets was the scene Of
very disastrous and singular runaway
| accident Of which Mrs. Jessie sSelover.
wife Of James H. Selover, proprietor OF
the Peerless laundry, and her sister Mrs.
| Mary Morris. Of Auburn. y. Y. were The
victims. The injuries they sustained were
| liz each case very serious bat al a late
| hour last night their physician though;
| that unless their internal injuries Were
| found ID be more serious than al first
\ believed their eventual recovery was al
| together probable. AT the time Of the &C.
| cident Mrs. Seiover and her sister were
| riding in a light top buggy up Main
street and when they reached Oak street
| they turned east. They had hardly turned
the corner when they heard horse gal
| Looping at the top Of its speed back OF
them and coming directly toward them
and evidently fearing danger. they trled
10 get sufficiently TO one side OF the road
70 avoid il. They were too late, however,
and almost before they knew il ii was
upon them. People who witnessed the
accident say that the horse seemed so
frenZied from some reason as not 10 know
what il was doing and 10 have jumped
with all lis weight fairly on top OF the
buggy, the top OF which was down. The
buggy was crushed to the ground by the.
horses weight and its occupants thrown
cut The horse which had caused the ac-
cident quickly disengaged itself from the
wreck and ran on and the horse hitched
to the wrecked buggy ran IN an opposite
direction.
The only near witnesses Of the acct
dent were L. A. Bone, proprietor of the
bakery at the corner of Main and Oak,
and FL Smith, who owns butcher shop
near by. They were sitting in front OF
the bakery and saw al Of the accident,
but it happened SO quickly that they were
powerless. When they reached the spot
both horses were running and Mrs Ser
over and her sister were lying on the
ground near the sidewalk. Mrs. Selover
was only slightly dazed, but her sister.
who had fallen beneath her, was COM
pletely insensible Both were Immediately
carried into the bakery and a physician
and a hack summoned. Later they were
taken 10 the home Of Mrs. Selover ar the
corner of Park Place and Thirteenth
street, and the careful examination that
was given them there showed their inJur-
les TO be of serious nature. There were
deep cuts and bruises on the forehead,
cheek and neck Of Mrs. Se.over, and her
limbs were almost mass of bruises.
The external injuries sustained by Mrs.
Morris were mostly on the arms and II Is
feared that both are badly broken
Four years ago Mrs. Selover happened
to an accident strikingly similar in its
details. which happened ten miles west
of the city In this case her injuries
were found 10 be largely internal and
very serious. but after surviving a deli |
cate surgical operation in New York her |
condition improved and she had since |
steadily been regaining her health. Her |
weak condition, il is feared, however, |
viii tend TO make the effect Of the inter |
raj injuries she sustained last night |
much more dangerous than they would |
otherwise have been. 1t was not though; |
last night that any OF Mrs. Morris in |
juries were internal.
lust before the accident the horse that |
caused il was being ridden AT Riverside |
park by Gordon Oldham. son Of DR.. j. T.
oldham, when the saddle slipped and ne |
was thrown 10 the ground. 1t is believed |
that the wrenching of the saddle hurt the |
horse so much that il was frenzied. The |
other horse ran with the wrecked buggy |
nearly half a mile from the scene OF the |
accident to its stable at the corner OF |
Main and Thirteenth. Officer Stewart, |
who was then off duty, saw the runaway |
horse as il passed his home on North |
Market street and tried to stop ii but did |
not succeed in doing so before il reached |
its stable.