Accidently killed; aged 10y
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One of the most shocking accidents we have been called upon to report for years, ocurred about 6:30 last evening. About that hour a wagon and team belonging to Henry Miller, butcher, was coming south on Second street, in charge of a regular driver, and in the wagon was the ten year old son of Mr. Miller. The team was coming at a brisk rate but did not appear at all unmanageable, but when they approached the corner of Second and Madison streets, the horses became frightened at the sight of two locomotives, and increased their pace to a furious run. They turned east and the sudden swerve threw the wagon body off. The boy was thrown out and his head striking against the curbstone was crushed, killing him instantly. The driver was also thrown to the ground and his jaw was fractured.
A great crowd was collected at once, and the sight was a horrible one. There lay the dead boy, his clothing dirty in consequence of falling in the street and his head horribly mangled. The driver was writhing in pain and it was some time before the horrifed spectators could collect themselves sufficiently to bestow the attention requried on the living and the dead.
But the work of the maddened horses was not yet complete, for they still, drawing the running gear of the wagon, dashed down Jefferson street at full speed into the carriage of a woman with a colored driver. She was holding in her lap an infant and also a daughter, 13, was in the carriage. The tongue of the butcher wagon struck the carriage directly beneath the seat and the horses plunged into the body of the carriage. They all had injuries except the babe. The carriage was greatly damaged. The whole affair was one of horror such as seldom occurs.
IL State Register, Springfield, Il, June 6,1878
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The funeral services of little Henry Miller, yesterday, were largely attended.
~~IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 6-8-1878
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One of the most shocking accidents we have been called upon to report for years, ocurred about 6:30 last evening. About that hour a wagon and team belonging to Henry Miller, butcher, was coming south on Second street, in charge of a regular driver, and in the wagon was the ten year old son of Mr. Miller. The team was coming at a brisk rate but did not appear at all unmanageable, but when they approached the corner of Second and Madison streets, the horses became frightened at the sight of two locomotives, and increased their pace to a furious run. They turned east and the sudden swerve threw the wagon body off. The boy was thrown out and his head striking against the curbstone was crushed, killing him instantly. The driver was also thrown to the ground and his jaw was fractured.
A great crowd was collected at once, and the sight was a horrible one. There lay the dead boy, his clothing dirty in consequence of falling in the street and his head horribly mangled. The driver was writhing in pain and it was some time before the horrifed spectators could collect themselves sufficiently to bestow the attention requried on the living and the dead.
But the work of the maddened horses was not yet complete, for they still, drawing the running gear of the wagon, dashed down Jefferson street at full speed into the carriage of a woman with a colored driver. She was holding in her lap an infant and also a daughter, 13, was in the carriage. The tongue of the butcher wagon struck the carriage directly beneath the seat and the horses plunged into the body of the carriage. They all had injuries except the babe. The carriage was greatly damaged. The whole affair was one of horror such as seldom occurs.
IL State Register, Springfield, Il, June 6,1878
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The funeral services of little Henry Miller, yesterday, were largely attended.
~~IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 6-8-1878
Accidently killed; aged 10y
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One of the most shocking accidents we have been called upon to report for years, ocurred about 6:30 last evening. About that hour a wagon and team belonging to Henry Miller, butcher, was coming south on Second street, in charge of a regular driver, and in the wagon was the ten year old son of Mr. Miller. The team was coming at a brisk rate but did not appear at all unmanageable, but when they approached the corner of Second and Madison streets, the horses became frightened at the sight of two locomotives, and increased their pace to a furious run. They turned east and the sudden swerve threw the wagon body off. The boy was thrown out and his head striking against the curbstone was crushed, killing him instantly. The driver was also thrown to the ground and his jaw was fractured.
A great crowd was collected at once, and the sight was a horrible one. There lay the dead boy, his clothing dirty in consequence of falling in the street and his head horribly mangled. The driver was writhing in pain and it was some time before the horrifed spectators could collect themselves sufficiently to bestow the attention requried on the living and the dead.
But the work of the maddened horses was not yet complete, for they still, drawing the running gear of the wagon, dashed down Jefferson street at full speed into the carriage of a woman with a colored driver. She was holding in her lap an infant and also a daughter, 13, was in the carriage. The tongue of the butcher wagon struck the carriage directly beneath the seat and the horses plunged into the body of the carriage. They all had injuries except the babe. The carriage was greatly damaged. The whole affair was one of horror such as seldom occurs.
IL State Register, Springfield, Il, June 6,1878
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The funeral services of little Henry Miller, yesterday, were largely attended.
~~IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 6-8-1878
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One of the most shocking accidents we have been called upon to report for years, ocurred about 6:30 last evening. About that hour a wagon and team belonging to Henry Miller, butcher, was coming south on Second street, in charge of a regular driver, and in the wagon was the ten year old son of Mr. Miller. The team was coming at a brisk rate but did not appear at all unmanageable, but when they approached the corner of Second and Madison streets, the horses became frightened at the sight of two locomotives, and increased their pace to a furious run. They turned east and the sudden swerve threw the wagon body off. The boy was thrown out and his head striking against the curbstone was crushed, killing him instantly. The driver was also thrown to the ground and his jaw was fractured.
A great crowd was collected at once, and the sight was a horrible one. There lay the dead boy, his clothing dirty in consequence of falling in the street and his head horribly mangled. The driver was writhing in pain and it was some time before the horrifed spectators could collect themselves sufficiently to bestow the attention requried on the living and the dead.
But the work of the maddened horses was not yet complete, for they still, drawing the running gear of the wagon, dashed down Jefferson street at full speed into the carriage of a woman with a colored driver. She was holding in her lap an infant and also a daughter, 13, was in the carriage. The tongue of the butcher wagon struck the carriage directly beneath the seat and the horses plunged into the body of the carriage. They all had injuries except the babe. The carriage was greatly damaged. The whole affair was one of horror such as seldom occurs.
IL State Register, Springfield, Il, June 6,1878
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The funeral services of little Henry Miller, yesterday, were largely attended.
~~IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 6-8-1878
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