The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-05
BI0YCLE ACCIDENTS.
Tho Record of Two woeks in oonn0oti


 The Record of Two Weeks in Connooti,ut
 Probably not one in a dozen of the accidents to bicyclists are recorded in the newspapers. and then only when they happen to be of a serious char acter.
 Memoranda made by Times repre- sentative of accidents of this kind oc- curing In this state during the two weeks from June 16 to June 30, and which were reported in the state news papers, afford record which Is inter- esting as showing the various dangers to which riders are liable. While it is evident that serious ris..s are incurred, not only by scorchers, but by slower riders who are their victims, it is a curious fact that injuries by collisions are comparatively rare, so far as the record goes. On the contrary, accl- dents appear to be chiefly due to the carelessness or inexperience or riders. But one fatal ending is recorded, and in that case the riders death was due SO oNGI tASl tlOll, llc bCIilsS clllllSlGQ W lli heart disease.
 June 16-At Middletown. Mrs. Dale D. Butler was thrown from her wheel and was unconscious for an hour June 17-At Danielson, Sidney F. Dur kees wheel was caught in Q hole and was thrown against fence. Several teeth were knocked out.
 June 17-At Windsor Locks. Mrs. Fred Hurlburt, an inexperienced rider, fell from dismounting and broke q leg just above the ankle. June 1S-At Bridgeport, George Burns was scorching when his right foot l caught in the chain and the great toe was fractured.
 June 1s-At New Haven, George w. Babb, aged seventy-two fell dead of heart disease while riding his wheel.
 June 19-At Hartford Mrs. Jeffrey O. Phelps, jr., while riding her bicycle, was run down by a scorcher and had her right knee badly injured.
 June 21-At Lakeville, Mrs. Morton
 collided with another rider both going rapidly. Her head was badly cut and
 she was unconscious over an hour.
 June 22-At Bridgeport, Lieut.. Hor-
 ton of the Bridgeport Wheel club ran into carriage, and was knocked sense-
 less; forehead badly bruised and finger lacerated.
 June 23-At Middletown, Miss Carrie 1 Harwoods wheel slipped on the street
 car rails. She fell heavily and had a
 wrist broken.
 June 24-At Greenwich, Mrs. F. H.
 Johnson, while learnig to ride -on the | all rS plya a laer ;y, places.
 | June 26-At Meriden, Superintendent E. S. Coggins of the Bradley & Hub
 bard Co.,, collided with wagon, and I the shaft struck him in the stomach. He was badly injured and unconscious 1 for some time.
 June 26--At New Haven, William Kusterer became confused by the clang
 of an electric car bell and turned di- rectly in front of the car He fell on the fender, but the shock was so severe that his hip was fractured. He will be confined to his bed for two months or ] more.
 June 2S-In Plainville, the saddle of H. H. Stockings wheel twisted around.
 and his foot catching In the wheel he
 was thrown heavily, breaking his nose
 and his upper lip was cut through. | June 29-At East Haddam, John Me lango was run down by an unknown l wheelman and had three ribs broken l June 29-In Hartford, A. w. Green, an experienced cyclist, was run down by a team and both rider and wheel went
 under the horse Green escaped injury, | but the horse reared and fell on the wheel, smashing it.
 June S9-At Berlin, Harry Taylor fell from his wheel and struck on his hands, The finger nails of the first and second
 finger were torn loose, hanging by the l roots.
 June 90-At Bridgeport. Miss Jennie | Hair, daughter of Dr. Hair, while rid | ing at Seaside Park lost control of her
 wheel and plunged over the seawall, I falling six feet to the rocks on the l beach. She escaped with gash on her
 forehead and various bruises,-Hart- l ford Times.
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