THE LEBANON ENTERPRISE, page 3, Fri., March 23, 1899. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT!
While going home yesterday afternoon, Mr. James M. Miller a prominent farmer who lives in the vicinity of of the St. Mary's met a frightful death. When found, a portion of his body was wedged tightly between the front wheel of the buggy and the buggy bed. Life was extinct but how the unfortunate accident occurred which brought his life to a sudden close is not known.
He started from Lebanon about half past 5 o'clock and was alone. Messers Alfred England and Austin Abell were returning from Raywick and just as they turned the bend in the road at the old Phillips farm just below the residence of Mr. Edward O'Sullivan, they were brought face to face with the ghastly sight of two colored men trying to extricate Mr. Miller's body from the position in which it lay. His head and arm were hanging over the front axle of the buggy and tightly wedged between the wheel and shaft. His head was frightfully bruised and his arm appeared to be almost torn from his body. After considerable trouble the body was extricated. The colored men stated that when they met the buggy the mule drawing it was walking and showed no sign of fright. They did not believe it had run.
Mr. Miller was a well-known and prosperous farmer and his death, especially in the manner in which it occurred, was a great shock to the community.
The Coroner's Inquest which was held at a late hour last night, pronounced his death was due to heart failure.
Mr. Miller's funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Second Presbyterian Church. Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
While going home yesterday afternoon, Mr. James M. Miller a prominent farmer who lives in the vicinity of of the St. Mary's met a frightful death. When found, a portion of his body was wedged tightly between the front wheel of the buggy and the buggy bed. Life was extinct but how the unfortunate accident occurred which brought his life to a sudden close is not known.
He started from Lebanon about half past 5 o'clock and was alone. Messers Alfred England and Austin Abell were returning from Raywick and just as they turned the bend in the road at the old Phillips farm just below the residence of Mr. Edward O'Sullivan, they were brought face to face with the ghastly sight of two colored men trying to extricate Mr. Miller's body from the position in which it lay. His head and arm were hanging over the front axle of the buggy and tightly wedged between the wheel and shaft. His head was frightfully bruised and his arm appeared to be almost torn from his body. After considerable trouble the body was extricated. The colored men stated that when they met the buggy the mule drawing it was walking and showed no sign of fright. They did not believe it had run.
Mr. Miller was a well-known and prosperous farmer and his death, especially in the manner in which it occurred, was a great shock to the community.
The Coroner's Inquest which was held at a late hour last night, pronounced his death was due to heart failure.
Mr. Miller's funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Second Presbyterian Church. Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
THE LEBANON ENTERPRISE, page 3, Fri., March 23, 1899. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT!
While going home yesterday afternoon, Mr. James M. Miller a prominent farmer who lives in the vicinity of of the St. Mary's met a frightful death. When found, a portion of his body was wedged tightly between the front wheel of the buggy and the buggy bed. Life was extinct but how the unfortunate accident occurred which brought his life to a sudden close is not known.
He started from Lebanon about half past 5 o'clock and was alone. Messers Alfred England and Austin Abell were returning from Raywick and just as they turned the bend in the road at the old Phillips farm just below the residence of Mr. Edward O'Sullivan, they were brought face to face with the ghastly sight of two colored men trying to extricate Mr. Miller's body from the position in which it lay. His head and arm were hanging over the front axle of the buggy and tightly wedged between the wheel and shaft. His head was frightfully bruised and his arm appeared to be almost torn from his body. After considerable trouble the body was extricated. The colored men stated that when they met the buggy the mule drawing it was walking and showed no sign of fright. They did not believe it had run.
Mr. Miller was a well-known and prosperous farmer and his death, especially in the manner in which it occurred, was a great shock to the community.
The Coroner's Inquest which was held at a late hour last night, pronounced his death was due to heart failure.
Mr. Miller's funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Second Presbyterian Church. Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
While going home yesterday afternoon, Mr. James M. Miller a prominent farmer who lives in the vicinity of of the St. Mary's met a frightful death. When found, a portion of his body was wedged tightly between the front wheel of the buggy and the buggy bed. Life was extinct but how the unfortunate accident occurred which brought his life to a sudden close is not known.
He started from Lebanon about half past 5 o'clock and was alone. Messers Alfred England and Austin Abell were returning from Raywick and just as they turned the bend in the road at the old Phillips farm just below the residence of Mr. Edward O'Sullivan, they were brought face to face with the ghastly sight of two colored men trying to extricate Mr. Miller's body from the position in which it lay. His head and arm were hanging over the front axle of the buggy and tightly wedged between the wheel and shaft. His head was frightfully bruised and his arm appeared to be almost torn from his body. After considerable trouble the body was extricated. The colored men stated that when they met the buggy the mule drawing it was walking and showed no sign of fright. They did not believe it had run.
Mr. Miller was a well-known and prosperous farmer and his death, especially in the manner in which it occurred, was a great shock to the community.
The Coroner's Inquest which was held at a late hour last night, pronounced his death was due to heart failure.
Mr. Miller's funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Second Presbyterian Church. Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
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