Thrown on the Track
A runaway horse overturns a buggy near Youngstown, killing Mrs. Cyrus Brainard
A frightened horse throws a family from their buggy onto railroad tracks near Youngstown, Ohio, killing one woman instantly beneath a locomotive's wheels and seriously injuring a child.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 11, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readCLEVELAND, July 10.
Cleveland, July 10. A special to the Herald from Youngstown states that Dr. Streeter, with Mrs. Cyrus Brainard, his sister, and his two daughters aged two and five years, were driving in a buggy, and when descending the hill near the crossing of the A. and G. railroad the horse became frightened at the sight of an approaching train, and upset the buggy, throwing them all out. Mrs. Brainard fell on the track, and was killed instantly by the driving wheel of the engine, mangling her head and chest. The others fell outside of the track. Mr. Streeter is injured in the head, but not seriously. The youngest child is seriously and perhaps dangerously injured, an arm broken and flesh lacerated, besides other injuries. The oldest child is but slightly injured.
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