Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — Two Hurt in Ruhaway. [ARTICLE]

Two Hurt in Ruhaway.

A runaway that came near resulting rather seriously occuxed Monday afternoon, on the gravel road just north of Rensselaer. Miss Etta Donnelly and Miss Amy Knowlton were driving into town with Frank Donnelly’s horse and buggy. A man with a load of bay had stopped in the road, and he was down on the ground trying to drive on a loose tire. The young ladies drove around the load of hay and their horse was frightened at the man on the ground and started to shy off and run. The girls were thrown out almost immediately. The horse ran a short distance, upset the buggy in the ditch and then kicked itself loose, but was carght a little further on by some men. The buggy was badly demolished and the horse cut and scratched up some. Both the young ladies were considerably bruised* but Miss Knowlton’s injuries were the more serious. She was bruised fend scratched on the side of the face and head, the blow on the head causing some symptoms of concussion of the brain, which lasted all night. Her physician reports her much better now, however and thinks her symptoms only the result of her severe shaking up, and that she will soon be entirely recovered.