Thursday, July 24, 2008

Thrown from Their Carriage

New York, 1895

While Alfred D. Lewis was driving on Wednesday at Hempstead, his spirited horse took fright at a chair on a lawn. The animal bolted and the carriage struck a gate post and was upset.

The occupants, Mr. Lewis, his mother, and his sister, were thrown to the ground. Mrs. Lewis's collar bone was broken. Miss Lewis received a compound fracture of the right arm and several bad bruises. Mr. Lewis's left leg was broken above the ankle.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.

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