The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-21
HURT In RUNAWAY
{. H. Strong Unconscious for
Fifteen Hours
LIFE Is DESPAlRED OF
Wife and Child Were Hurt at
Same Time

Mr.. E. II. Strong. a farmer living neal
Greenwich, was thrown from MS bugs
on Thirteenth street. yesterday morning
and was rendered unconscious from which
state he had not yet recovered at
o'clock this morning. He had shown nc
signs of reGaining consciousness and his
life is dispaired Of
Mr. Strong. with his wife and little
child, drove in from their home, about a
mile and q half east of Greenwich. They
drove two horses hitched 10 spring
wagon. and We're bringing two crates OF
chickens to the city They stopped al
the home of Mr.. Strong's half-brother
Mr.. 3. S. Hoy+, on Santa Fe avenue
for a few moments and then drove a
block south, TO c. c. Hoyt's grocery
store. at the corner OF Thirteenth and
Santa Fe.
They stopped in front Of the store and
when Mr.. Hoyt came out, Strong told him
that he wanted to buy a buggy whip
Mr. Hoyt keeps the whips in front OF
his store, and picked one up. He came
out to the spring wagon bending the
whip TO show it's quality. Standing on
and started TO hand it 10 Mr.. Strong
The horses became frightened and leaped
forward. They swerved toward the mid
die of the street and broke the wagon
tongue before they had gone ten feet
They continued TO angle across the
street and started TO run UP the alley
between Santa Fe and St. Francis. just
before they came to the alley the re-
mainder Of the broken tongue stuck II
the ground, throwing the wagon against
a large cottonwood tree. The horses
broke loose and continued to run up the
alley to Mr. B. S. Hoyts barn, where
they were stopped.
Mr.. c. c. Hoyt had ran across the street
after the wagon and was by Mr.. Strong S
side almost as soon as the wagon struck
the tree. Mr. Strong was bleeding about
the head and was unconscious. Mrs
Strong and the child wer not uncon-
scious. but were badly bruised. and were
assisted to Mr.. Hoyts home.
A telephone message was sent to the
ST Francis hospital for physician Mr.
Hoyt. assisted by several Of the neigh
bors. washed Mr.. strongs wounds and
did all they could for him till the doctor
arrived.
Where the wagon tipped over is not
farther than two hundred feet from
where the team started, but that they
were running fast is shown by the fact
that the wagon struck the tree with
such force as TO be heard for over a
block. It is not known whether Mr.
Strong's head hit the tree or not, but
.to doctors +l,jnl, that this is imprOba bic.
A large crowd soon gathered and helped
pick up the wagon.
When DR.. f. 3. Lyon arrived and exam
ined MIR. Strongs injuries he had him
taken to the hospital at once. He re-
ceiyed the force of the blow on the
right side of the face and head Be
sides this there were two jagged cuts on
his scalp.
Mr. Strong has been unconscious from
the first, and had shown no signs Of re-
gaining consciousness up to 3 o'clock TINS
morning. The doctors say his condition
is critical. DR.. Fabrique examined the
injuries received by Mrs. Strong. and
saws they are only external
Mrs. Mary Hoyt, who lives at the
corner of St. Francis and Eleventh
street. is Mr. Strong's mother. and has
heen with him at the hospital ever since
the accident occurred. Mr.. Strong has
three half-brothers in this city, Mr.. G
c Hovt. Mr.. B. S. Hoyt, and Mr.. NJ. A
Hovt. He has seven children, who were
AT the farm near Greenwich when the
accident occurred. and they were sent
for as soon as the doctors examiped Mr.