Burlington,
Iowa
Carriage Accident
May
20, 1903
MRS. LEWIS HURT
Thrown From Carriage and Both Arms Fractured.
ACCIDENT AT BURLINGTON
Mrs. J. W. Gilbert of that City Was Also Thrown
Out and Injured in Accident.
Ex-Mayor Charles Lewis
received news yesterday to the effect that his
wife had met with a serious accident Wednesday
afternoon. She was visiting in Burlington, where
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis' three daughters,
Mrs. Samuel Gilbert, Mrs.
Luke Palmer and
Mrs. S. A. Burroughs reside and at
the time of the accident was driving with Mrs.
Harriet Gilbert,
mother of her son-in-law,
Samuel Gilbert.
The Burlington Hawk-eye gives the
following account of the accident:
However, word was received in the city this
morning that Mrs. Lewis
sustained the fracture
of but one arm, the other proved to be a sprain.
A peculiar coincident is that both Mrs. Lewis
sustained -- fractures of the right arm near the
wrist, in identically the same place. The report
says that they are doing nicely.
Mrs. Harriet
Gilbert, widow of
JOHN W. GILBERT
of Central avenue and Vine street, and
Mrs. Charles Lewis
of Iowa City, were thrown out of the
Gilbert carriage in a runaway which occurred a little
after 4 o'clock yesterday, afternoon, starting
at the corner of Maple and Fifth streets, The
horse were frightened by a bicycle which passed
very close to one of them. They jumped and broke
one of the tugs, or it came unfastened from the
double tree it is not known which. The horses
ran down Fifth street to a point opposite
C. W. Beltz's
residence, just south of the Burlington railway
crossing, where the driver, seeing a train of
cars passing on the track below, turned the
horses to the curb. The right fore wheel struck
the curb capsizing the carriage, and throwing
all on the occupants to the ground.
Mrs. Gilbert
had her right arm broken at the wrist,
Mrs. Lewis
had both her arms broken at the wrist, and was
somewhat bruised about the face. Their
granddaughter Harriet
Gilbert, a little girl of eight
years, escaped uninjured, being thrown clear
onto the grass, and the driver was not seriously
hurt. Medical aid was speedily summoned and
Mrs.
Gilbert was taken to her home.
Mrs. Lewis, who
is the mother of Mrs.
Luke Palmer, Mrs. Samuel Gilbert, and
Mrs. A. S. Burroughs,
was taken to the residence of
Mr. Luke Palmer.
None of the injuries are believed to be of a
very serious character, expecting that the two
ladies will be confined to the house for a
considerable period, while the bones knit. The
drivers followed the houses, capturing them in a
nearby coal yard, and took them home. The axle
to the carriage was slightly bent, otherwise the
vehicle was uninjured. No blame is attached to
anyone, save to the carelessness of the bicycle
rider in riding so close to the horses' heads at
such a great speed.
The Iowa Citizen, Iowa City, IA 22 May
1903
Transcribed by Sherry
McClellan. Thank you, Sherry!
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