The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
KILLED IN RUNAWAY
Mrs. II. Ayers and Daughter Lose
Lives When Team Runs Away
and ColIides With Tree.
Girls Neck is Broken and Her Mother
Dies Later From Internal In
juries She Sustained.

A very tragic and sad event oc-
Cured in the hamlet of Wahkon on
Saturday evening at 6 O'Clock, when
Mrs. Herbert Ayers and her 11-year-
old daughter lost their lives in a
runaway accident. The details of
the unfortunate affair, so far as we
have been able to ascertain, are as
follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ayers, with their
daughter, a son 6 years old and a
baby, had been visiting at Isle and,
upon their return stopped the team,
attached to two-seated buggy.
Which they had been driving. in
front of their home for the purpose
OF alighting. Taking the baby in
his arms, Mr.. Ayers stepped from
the vehicle and the boy followed
him. Mrs. Ayers then reached for a
couple of pals of Strawberries which
were in the rig, with the intention
OF also alighting, when the horses
ran of at full gallop toward their
stable, which is located a few rods
distant from the Ayers home around
a sharp curve. In rounding this
curve the horses although they ap-
parently tried to avoid it--ran into
big tree which stood near the side
walk, or, rather, one on each side of
1T. This brought the buggy, which
was spinning along on two wheels,
and its occupants directly in contact
with the tree, and the result of the
collision proved tragic indeed. The
little girls neck was broken. killing
her instantly, and Mrs. Ayers, who,
with her daughter, was thrown from
the rig, received internal injuries
from which she afterward died.
The buggy was demolished. ;
Mother and child were conveyed to
their home and DR.. SWennes sum-
moned, who did all in his power to
alleviate the suffering of Mrs. Ayers,
but saw that there was no possible
hope of saving her life Determined
to leave nothing undone in an effort
to save his wife's life, Mr.. Ayers
summoned DR.. Cooney, and the doc
tor reached Wahkon early Sunday
morning. He performed an explora-
tory operation and found that the
gall bladder had been ruptured and
that there was internal hemorrhage
caused by other injuries. He in
serted a drainage tube and shortly
after the operation the patient, who
was rendered unconscious by the &C.
cldent, regained consciousness and
conversed with the doctor. DR..
Cooney saw that the case was hope
less and could give no encouragement
to the husband. Mrs. Ayers passed
away at noon on Sunday, aged "a
years.
MIR. Ayers had driven the runawav
horses many time and knew them
to be gentle, knew that they would
stand without hitching, and that
was the reason he did not tie them
upon this occasion. 1t is supposed
that the team became frightened
from the clinking together of the
strawberry pals when Mrs. Ayers
took them from beneath the seat of
the buggy: AS to the force of the
impact an idea may be obtained from
the fact that pieces of straw from
the hat which the little girl wore
were driven into the bark of the tree
with which she collided.
The sympathy of the people of
Mile Laos county goes out to Mr..
Ayers and the children who have
been rendered motherless by this sad
accident.
The Fourth Of July.