Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — Came Near Being a Bad Accident. [ARTICLE]

Came Near Being a Bad Accident.

While Mrs. Matheny and little child of north of town were sitting in a buggy on Washington street Saturday evening, near McFarland's grocery, waiting for Mr. Matheny to return from an errand to one of the stores, a big horse driven by Frank Leech of Jordan tp., got frightened at an automobile, no Leech stated, and became unmanageable and reared in the air and almost threw its front feet in the Matheny buggy. Dr. Hansson, who was near by, saw that the horse was wild and acbout to do damage, and rushed out and grabbed it by the bit, but he was thrown against the curb

roilently and his s hip quite badly bruised. He got up, however, and made another dive for it,, when the animal turned and threw Leech out and broke the shafts. The Matheny horse also became frightened and upset the buggy, throwing Mrs. Matheny and child voilently to the ground, but both escaped with a few minor nijuries. Other bystanders rushed in and the Leech horse -Was thrown to the ground and held there until it became quieted. With the big horse reared up on its hind legs and madly pawing the air, it looked for a time as though Dr. Hansson and the helpless woman and child in the Matheny buggy would be badly hurt before the frantic animal could be got under control.