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accidentally ran against the fore legs of a horse drawing a ginger- 

 heer wagon. The boy was knocked down, and two of the wheels 

 of the vehicle went over his body, injuring him seriously. 



A groom named Farmer, in the employ of a Derby veterinary 

 surgeon, was riding out a spirited horse, when the animal slipped 

 ;ind threw him. Farmer's foot became entangled in the stirrup, 

 ;ind, the animal starting oft* at a furious pace, he was dragged for 

 •some distance before the animal was caught. The unfortunate 

 young man's head was terribly injured by repeatedly coming in 

 contact with the macadam road. 



Andrew Brookes was driving a horse and trap across the Five- 

 ways, Wolverhampton, when the shaft caught Mr. Joseph Banner, 

 of Heath Town, in the side, knocking him down, injuring his ribs, 

 and cutting his forehead. 



TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS. 



A butcher's cart was standing near the Cross, at Rocky Lane, 

 Birmingham, when it was passed by a steam tram. The horse 

 l)ecame unmanageable and ran down Rocky Lane at a furious 

 rate. An old woman was in the middle of the road wheeling a 

 perambulator, and, being deaf, did not hear the shouts of the 

 driver. The horse threw her with great violence to the ground. 

 She was removed to premises near in an unconscious condition. 



A steam tramway engine was running from Birmingham, and 

 came into collision with a cab containing four passengers. The 

 cab horse was knocked down, the cab overturned, and the 

 passengers were severely shaken, whilst the driver was somewhat 

 seriously injured. No car was attached to the engine. 



A cart laden with iron was being driven up Soho Hill, West 

 Bromwich, when one of the wheels became tixed in the tram line, 

 and the axletree broke, letting the body of the cart doM^n. The 

 driver was thrown from his seat and sustained a fracture of one 

 of his thigh bones, and the horse's near hind leg was also broken. 

 The animal had in consequence to be slaughtered. 



Recently, the tirst team of the West Bromwich Albions were in 

 danger of losing the services of their noted goal-keeper, Bob 

 Roberts, and the second team ran some risk of being annihilated 

 altogether. During the afternoon they were playing, and on their 

 return home in a three-horse brake the leader shyed at a tramcar. 

 The brake was placed across the tramway, with a similar result 

 to that which attended the notorious eft'ort of a cow to stop an 

 express train. The steam engine caught the brake in the centre, 



