Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 22, 1881
    At Somerset, Ky., one night last week, a young blood rode his horse into church during an evening service. Arrived at the pulpit he discharged a volley of profanity at the preacher. A companion followed him with a howling dog, which he carried by the hind legs. The congregation were displeased at the preformance […]
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 18, 1863
    Last Wednesday evening. Mr. John Melody was badly kicked in the mouth, by a horse at the stables of the City Hotel, by which his lips and chin were badly cut and four teeth knocked out.
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 18, 1898
    James Cole, of Benton, was kicked in the face by a vicious mare this week, and his jaw bone shattered; broken in several places. The accident was not a great surprise as the animal has a bad reputation. The most painful and serious injury which the unfortunate man received was the fracture of his lower […]
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 29, 1857
    Mr. Steven E. Pain of Fremont Center met with a frightful accident on Monday afternoon while at work in a field with one of Manny’s reapers. It seems that the horses attached to the reaper became frightened, when Mr. Pain endeavored to catch the leading horses by the bits for the purpose of stopping […]
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, January 21, 1898
    A horse astonished the diners in a Newark [N. J.] restaurant the other day by jumping through the show windows and landing in the dining-room.
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 5, 1868
    We are informed that the morning Express train from Milwaukee, on Monday morning last, ran into a drove of six horses, owned by Mr. N. Landon, of Benton, killing three and wounding the others badly.
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 19, 1866
    Killed by Lightning.-On Tuesday, 15th inst., at 3 o’clock p. m., as a hired man in the employ of Mr. Thomas Goodbody, of the town of Deerfield, was plowing in a field near the house, the team was struck by lightning and instantly killed, as well as a young colt beside a mare belonging […]
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 18, 1873
    A team of horses became frightened and ran away in Chicago this week, and ran into the river where a bridge was open. The driver escaped and was pulled ashore by a policeman who stood upon the bank. The team was drowned, and the carriage highly perfumed.
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 20, 1873
    A pair of horses, owned by Harvey Durkee, were drowned in the Kenosha harbor last Friday afternoon. The team had been engaged in hauling baled hay from the press barn on Park street to Baldwin’s warehouse, and in coming out of the latter place, after the teamster had disposed of a load, the horses […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 5, 1922
By international News Service     Abilene, Texas, Oct. 5.-Little 3-year-old Lewis McBride, son of L. E. McBride, was fatally injured when he approached and offered a handful of feed to his father’s horse. The horse lifted his front foot, knocking the child over, then pawed him, crushing his skull.