Mail Carrier Seriously Injured by Terriffied Team-Horses upset Mail Wagon and break Carrier’s Ribs and Collar Bone.
    Lake Villa was the scene of a thrilling runaway last week and as a result Earnest Shepardson, the rural mail carrier for that village is in a critical condition at his home, with three ribs broken and his collar bone fractured.
    The accident was the result of a team of horses belonging to a farmer by the name of Manzer taking fright at an engine upon the tracks. Manzer was bringing his milk to the station when his team became unmanageable. They tore down the main street of Lake Villa at a terriffic speed. Shepardson was just starting on his daily delivery of mail and before he had time to leave the road the frightened animals were upon him.
    The pole of the wagon ripped the side of the mail wagon like kindling and horses, rig and man were thrown into the ditch in an unrecognizagle mass. The accident was almost in the center of the village. Assistance came almost immediatly. Shepardson was taken from the wreck bleeding, and in a semi-conscious state and later, after a physician dressed his wounds, was removed to his home.
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