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Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Hard Fight Between a Man and a Horse.

Braham Barnow of Canada had a very narrow escape one day last week from being killed by a horse. He went into a field to catch his horse, and as soon as he got near the animal it pitched at him in a determined and savage manner, biting Brandow fearfully. Barndow is a strong, able […]

Mysterious Death of Many Horses.

       A trainload of 560 horses which Powell Bros. were taking from North Yakima, Wash., to South Omaha were unloaded and watered at Billings, Mont. They had had no water since leaving Spokane, thirty hours previous. Soon after drinking and eating the horses began to go into spasms. Half of the horses died.

Horse As Detective.

  Captain Haas of Englewood Finds a “Fence by Novel Means.”      The police of the Englewood district in Chicago recently discovered two men breaking into a house. To escape, the thieves jumped into a wagon drawn by an old grey horse. They were pursued so closely by the police in an express wagon that […]

Turkey-Eating Horse.

  Had Eaten Twenty-five Before He Was Discovered.      Squire Letch Weathers, who lives near Clintonville, Ky., has a horse which knows a good thimg when he sees it. Mrs. Weathers raises turkeys for market. She had thirty young turkeys, all doing well and fattening nicely. She turned them loose in the farmyard where the […]

Trampled By Horses.

       Two runaway horses, attached to a light wagon, dashed into the midst of a group of Milwaukee school children Tuesday, and seven of the children were severely hurt and others badly bruised. Some may die. Teachers and neighbors ran to the rescue, expecting to find a score or more killed.

Around A Big State.

       Miss Mary Miller was killed in a runaway at preemption, her body being dragged five miles.      Arthur McDonald was drowned with his horse while trying to ford Cross Beck’s creek, near Ramsey. Rolla Trueblood, a companion, swam out.

Tragedy In Indiana.

  Six of a Party of Warsaw Young People Meet Death.      A frightful accident happened Tuesday afternoon to a party of Warsaw, Ind., young people. When about five north of the city the horses took fright at some object in the road. They backed the rear wheels of the tally-ho over an embankment and […]

Same Old Fatal Story.

  Tied to a Horse the Result is a Funeral in the family.      Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 3.-The facts in the death of Mrs. Frederick Grever, a resident of Annsburg, a small town north of here, brought out by the inquest show that on Sunday afternoon she went into the pasture to get a […]

Killed In Runaway.

  Frank Gate, Young Driver of Team, Thrown in Under Heavy Wagon Wheels. Horses Ran Madly Down The Road Despite Gates Effort To Stop Them.      Russell, Dec. 3.-[Special to the Sun]. Frank Gates. aged 27, met instant death this morning when a team he was driving ran away, throwing him under the wagon which […]

Awful Work of Yellow Jackets.

George Ring, a hired man on the farm of William Smith, his father-in-law, near Alton, was riding a mowing machine one day last week, when one of the horses stepped in a yellow jacket’s nest. Instantly the irritable occupants of the nest came out in a swarm and stung the horses, which, frenzied with the […]