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over-cautious and desirous of avoiding an accident, he walked his 

 horse until past the last-named man's horse, and afterwards kept 

 on at a rate of six or seven miles an hour, with his wheel in the 

 channel, until he reached Shelfield. There his wheel caught 

 against the end of a pipe which had been laid in the channel to 

 carry the water under the margin of the footway. He himself 

 and his horse were startled, but his horse at first half stopped in 

 obedience to his call, and then dashed off at a rapid pace. He 

 was tossed out of the gig, his leg getting entangled in the wheel, 

 and locking it, and finding as he was being dragged along that 

 his head was striking the ground, he, by a desperate effort, 

 grasped the spokes. On reaching his home his brother went for 

 a doctor, but death took place the same evening. 



A serious trap accident took place at Chapel Ash. A horse 



and trap belonging to Mr. -T were standing opposite the 



shop of Mr. W , Mr. T and his daughter being in the 



vehicle, when a collision took place between the trap and the 



horse and trap of Mr. A , who was driving towards his home. 



Mr. and Miss T were thrown out of their vehicle, both of 



the shafts of which w^ere snapped off. The horse bolted off at a 

 rapid pace, dragging the broken shafts with him, but was 



eventually stopped. Mr. and Miss T escaped with a severe 



shaking, though a bank note and some gold and silver fell out of 



Mr. T 's pockets and were lost. By the force of the collision 



Mr. A was thrown from his vehicle and sustained a cut on 



his head. 



Two young men were driving a small pony and trap, when the 

 animal became restive and rushed into a wagon. The pony was 

 badly cut by the collision. 



G P was admitted to the hospital, suffering from a 



severe scalp wound. He was driving in a trap, when the horse 

 took fright and ran away, the man being thrown out. 



R H was driving along in a trap with another man 



when, nearing the corner, the trap went into a rut, and threw 



both men out. H sustained a severe scalp wound. The 



other man was uninjured. 



Mrs. B , publican, was driving in a high trap, when the 



horse slipped and fell, and Mrs. B was thrown with great 



violence to the ground. She sustained a severe wound on the 

 temple, and was greatly shaken. 



A horse in a trap took fright and rushed into the shop of 



Mr. R . The horse sustained severe cuts about tlie head and 



chest from the glass, and the whole of the window of the shop 

 was knocked in. No one however, was injured. 



