People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — A Frightful Ride. [ARTICLE]

A Frightful Ride.

Colorado Springs, Col., Aug. B. Richard Wood, a man named King and another, name unknown, undertook to break the record in sliding dewn from the top of Pike’s Peak Sunday on a rough board contrivance called a toboggan. The 9 miles have been covered in sixteen minutes. Their brake became useless when about half way dowft, and while running at a frightful speed the toboggan jumped the track, throwing the men down the mountain side among the rocks 50 or 75 feet awa3' All were badly hurt, and may die