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Distressing Accident

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Day
2
Month
February
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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Worcester, Mass., Jan. 31. - A distressing accident occurred here Saturday afternoon, rcsultinjf in the death of two little girls. Mary Riley and Carrie Smith, both aged 6 years, were coasting on one of the side Btreets whicb is slightly hilly and, losing control of their sled, they dashed down across the main street at the very moment that a fire engine was coming at full speed in response to a fire cali. The sled ran directly in front of the horses, and before the driver could check their speed or change his course the horses had trampied the two girls to death. The bodies were frightfully torn and mangled by the shoes oí the horses.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register