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 […]
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Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, October 2, 1900
    Newman, Ill., Oct. 2.-Otis Coffey, 14-years old, was riding a horse in a pasture and was thrown from the animal against a tree, killing him almost instantly.
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Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 30, 1900
    Saturday at 6 o’clock a horse belonging to a milkman, Martin Oleson standing near Berry’s got scared and started to run across the street, creating quite a commotion as people scattered to avoid being run over. Three boys barely escaped. The horse dashed towards Howard Lord’s window and in turning, its foot got in […]
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Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 23, 1872
    W. G. Farmer, Esq, of Libertyville, had the misfortune to have a team run away with a plow a few week’s since. One of the horses was badly injured, the cords of one of the legs being severed, and last week, the epzootic having set in, and there being little or no hope of […]
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Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 15, 1902
Herman Korte Meets Death in Strange Way Near Centralia. Â Â Â Â Herman Korte, a Germantown farmer, was hanged by his own horse. After stacking wheat he was overcome by the heat while feeding his horse in the barn and his head caught in a looped halter strap that was fastened to the manger and the animal […]
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Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 3, 1900
    Mrs. Clark Chandler, of Gurnee, had a miraculous escape from fatal injury last Friday afternoon at the circus grounds in Waukegan.     Mrs. Chandler, accompanied by her three children, had driven to the grounds in a surrey drawn by a team of grays, supposedly gentle. One of the animals reared and plunged at sight […]
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Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, November 25, 1862
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 […]
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Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, December 14, 1894
     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.
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Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 21, 1885
     On Friday night of last week, as Mr. George K. Adams was driving along State Street in a road cart, with his two children, a girl 9 years old; and a boy 12 years old, when opposite Col. Crocket’s place the horse shied at something in the road, and threw Mr. Adams over […]
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Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 19, 1877
 A Man has an arm Broken and a Valuable Horse is Killed in a Runaway.     Our city was the scene of a serious accident last Tuesday evening by which a valuable horse belonging to J. R. Dady was killed and Mr. Edward kapple had his right arm badly fractured. The particulars of the […]
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