Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1908 — THROWN FROM BUGGY, ARM BROKE [ARTICLE]

THROWN FROM BUGGY, ARM BROKE

Mrs. Albert Warner of Hanging Grove Tp., Meets With Accident Saturday Afternoon. As a result of the team blooming scared at an auto Saturday afternoon and starting to rtin away, Mrs. Albert Warner of Hanging Grove township, sustained a broken arm by being thrown from tfie buggy near the Granville Moody property at the south side of town. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Warner were just starting home from town and when near Dr. English’s residence on Cullen street, they met County Superintendent Lamson coming in driving his auto at rather slow speed. The horses pricked up their ears and shied somewhat and after Mr. Lamson had got by, started to run. Mr. Warner had pn heavy mittens and the reins slipped through his hands and he could not hold the team. When near the Moody place he succeded in pulling them into the fence and both Mr. and Mrs. Warner were dumped out. The former was not much hurt, but Mrs. Warner got her right arm broken a few inches below the shoulder from her fall and also got one hip considerably bruised. Dr. English set the broken bone and she and he husband later returned home. The injury will lay her up for several weeks, but they are congratulating themselves that it was no worse. They attach no blame to Superintendent Lamson. as he was not driving his machine at an excessive speed and the team apparently did not .scare much until he got by. The latter did not even know of the accident until some time after it had occurred, when someone told him that it was his machine that had scared a team and caused a runaway. He immediately hunted up Mr. Warner to see if he was in any way blamed for the accident, but the latter said not. The team simply took it into their heads to run—probably owing to the keen biting air—and used the auto passing them as an excuse.