Six Injured

New York, 1895

A Sleigh Carrying Eleven Coasters Dashes Against a Tree.

A contest between two coasters from Oyster Bay and a number of East Norwich coasters, which came off at the latter place Saturday night, resulted in severe injuries to six of the East Norwich participants. Their sleigh, carrying eleven men, collided with a tree.

The collision occurred when the sleigh had reached the bottom of the hill, but was still running at a very high speed. The sleigh in some way became unmanageable and left the road. The eleven coasters it carried were hurled forward with great force. The injured are:

Willie Blauvelt, fractured skull.
John Donahue, several ribs broken.
Harry Hayward, dislocated shoulder.
William Shaw, injured about the head and hip.
Frank Simonson, injured about the head.
William Stuart, back injured.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Jan. 11, 1895, p. 4.