The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-30
BERTHA AYERS HURT
DepIorabIe Accident on North
Main Street Last Night.
THROWN FROM A BUGGY
Caused bv a Frightened Horse
and a Bicycle.

A deplorable accident occurred on North
Main street last night just in front OF
No. Us, in which Miss Bertha Ayers,
daughter Of Mr.. w. A. Ayers and sister
of Attorney VIII Ayers, received injuries
that may cause her her life..
She Is niw suffering from conclusion of
the brain, and DR.. Kirl1wood said last
night that her condition was very serious.
The accident occurred about O'Clock.
Miss Ayers. who lives at the corner Of
Eleventh and Larimer avenues, and Miss
winifred Clark. who resides at the cor
ner Of Eleventh and Rochester, were
driving down town In ID. c. Simmons
buggy which they had borrowed at the
jail When they got nearly to Douglas
avenue. a boy, who was riding swiftly
through the crowd on his wheel, passed
so close to the horse that ne made It
dart to one side. In doing this the horse
struck Miss ClydIa windle, who was rid
ing a wheel on the other side Of the horse
and knocked her down and came near
tramping on her, at the same time break
ing her wheel. This frightened Miss
Aver sand Miss Clark and they pulled the
horse to one side, cramping the buggy and
nearly turned It over. The young ladies
jumped TO their feet In the buggy and the
horse started to run, throwing both ladies
out Miss Ayers fell on her head and the
contact with the pavement rendered her
oofo 10 ~
and she was not hurt. The horse was
stopped without trouble.
Miss Ayers was carried into Butter
field & Sexton's billiard hall and made as
comfortable as possible until a physician
could be summoned 1t was almost an
hour before q doctor could De secured.
Mrs. Little and Mrs. Parrot remained
with Miss Ayers and bathed her head IN
Ice water. DR.. -Kirkwood arrived ard
ordered her removed to her home i'm
mediately, saying that she was very bad
~ hurt. She was still unconscious anil re-
mained In a state Of Inconsistencies I'M
I'll late last night, when she rallied some
what. There is a bad wound In the back
Of her head.
There was some differences o. opinion
as 10 how the accident came about. Sew
eraI who saw It say the boy or tie BIZ
cycle IAN squarely into the horse but this
is not probable or the boy could have
been found with a broken wheel. There
Is no doubt, however, that this boy. who
ever he was, ran close TO the horse and
caused It to jump against Miss Windle.
Miss wind1e was seen after the accident
at Shaw's Music store where she is en-
ployed, and gave this explanation OF the
accident,
81 was riding along slowly by the side Of
the horse, so slowly that could hardly
guide my wheel. and 70 "a distance OF sew
sralfeetI could have laid my hand on the
horses side. The horse seemed perfectly
calm and gentle. The street was crowded
and I was riding IN the street car track
Suddenly the horse threw his head around
against me and knocked me on my wheel.
into the street. In the accident my wheel |
was almost ruined Ny tall seemed TO
brighten the girls and they drew the horse |
to one side too suddenly and cramped the |
buggy, nearly turning 1t over. This fright |
ened them again and they hallowed and |
stood up In the buggy and fell out on the
pavement. One of them seemed TO have |
gotten a very hard fall"
Miss Windle was slightly injured in her |
tall.
The accident Is deeply deplored by the
that It may not prove fatal Mr.. Will |
Ayers 'phoned the Eagle late last night
that Miss Bertha had regained conscious