The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-02
ALBERT OST'S H66IDENT.
Horrible Runaway Accident In
Three Lakes in Which
OSt Is Killed.
Mrs. OSt Has Three Ribs Broken
and Is Otherwise Badly
Injured.

AAiOSlo Wv, q ldl lIlCI, W yC1h >
old, was instantly killed in a run
away accident on his farm, in Three
Lakes township, shortly after seven
O clock last Friday morning. In
the same accident his wife had
three ribs broken, was injured in
ternally, her spine was slightly
injured and it was believed that she
could not live. Adaughter, Martha
Ost, % years old was slightly
bruised in the same accident.
Mr.. Ost has been working the
Albert Dahms farm in that town
ship for year or more past. On
Friday morning, concluding that a
portion of his crop was ready for
harvesting, he commenced to hitch
the horses to his harvester. In
this he was assisted by his wife and
daughter, and the third horse was
about to be attached when Mr.. Ost
concluded that in order to get on to
the desired tract OF growing wheat,
he would have to move a wagon on
which there was hay rack. He
asked his wife to hold the horses,
and with his daughter attempted to
get the wagon out of the way.
They had just made the first effort
when the team attached to the bind
err became restless. Mrs. Ost at
tempted to quiet them, but without
effect, and before Ost could reach
the team they had started on run,
throwing Mrs. Ost down and pull
ling the binder so as to cause the
platform to pass over her body.
Ost made a wild rush for the
horses, and caught the one on the
side in front of the sickle, but failed
to stop the team which ran a few
rods northwest of the house, where
Ost released his hold and fell to the
ground in such a manner that the
bull wheel OF the binder passed
directly over his head, crushing it
SO badly that the brains oozed out.
Death was instantaneous.
The team continued on a course
due north from the house, going at
fast rate of speed through one side
of a wheat field, and down through
a field of superb corn, where they
passed over and completely ruined
from five to six rows of corn each Of
quarter Of a mile in length, and
passing out of this field they ran on
to timothy meadow, where they
stopped, and where they were after
wards found by some neighbors who
had been appraised of the accident.
The horses were not injured in the
least, and the binder showed only
few evidences of having been in a
runaway.
Miss Martha Ost, who was injur-
ed only slightly by the harvester as
the team and harvester passed, ran
to her mother, and assisted her in
the house, and then rushed to where
her father lay, and found him dead.
The neighbors soon heard of what
had happened, and Herman Dahms
and wife, and another neighbor were
soon at the scene of the accident.
They carried the remains of Ost to
the house and Mr.. Dahms and anoth-
err party drove to town and sum-
moned DR.. Palmer to attend Mrs.
Ost. DR.. Palmer found the woman
suffering from fractures of three
ribs, one or more of them being
broken in two places, from internal
injuries, and also probably from a
slight injury to the spine. The
wounds were dressed at once and
Mrs. Ost seemed to be doing well
that afternoon.
Shortly after Mr. Dahms reached
Redwood Falls he appraised Coroner
Halves of what had happened, and
the latter Immediately left for the
scene of the accident, where, after
Investigating the statements made
to him, decided that an inquest was
unnecessary, and the body was
placed in charge OF friends, who
caused it to be inferred in the Luth-
eran cemetery near Morgan on Sat
urday morning.
The deceased came to this country
about II years ago, and since his
arrival in this county he has been a
tenant on the farms of C. D. Gilfill-
an and John Whittett, quitting the
former fa Nm, m toto obo,,o oe ~ ,