| Show A SHOCKING ACCIDENT MANCOS colo cojo sept ap 4 1896 A gloom has baa been cast over our community by the saca aad and ana untimely death ot of clara the little nine year alu daughter of brother and k samuel 15 hammond granddaughter ut president Preel dent F A hammond Hao imond yester shortly before ten a m the little littie girl went to the past ure to tet got a horse for or her mother to ride to feat fast meeting she hot ot the horse ond rode it to water a abort distance from the be bouse while drinking something must mast have fright end it for on the mother going out oui to w see aee if the child was waa coming with the horse horae they were nowhere to be geen although it coulden couldn pa have been more than five minutes since the child bad been seen at we pond water bieter that something bau bad gone wrong ran out in search of her ber child and soon ule ale covered the horse sl anding ame three bundren bun drej west of the pond up against the teace and the child lying oo on the ground life Is she bad been thrown from we nurse and it had dragged her through brush and over stones till bur bar clo clottee libes were turn urn in abroda the face an head bead were very badly bruised and one arm broken the chaij had colled coiled the rope which was waa tied round the horava neck around her right arm and by she abe bad been dragged to her bar death it to la easier to imagine than to de cribs the poor mot bera feelings fee linga as aa she abe knelt by the body of her child alone in the field unwrapping we ue rope ir drw m bar arm after she carried her back through ine field tj lo the house brother hammond being absent from home borne about ten allee slater hammon was waa alone with her bar children with abe exception of a lauy lady friend after get ting the child to the house slater sister hammot d ShI thinking Dking that perhaps there might still be life put out me child in a warm bath la in hopes ho pea to restore her but bat tier nor hopes were vald vain life was waa elti ot ct about 11 word was wae brought to lo 10 the fast meeting ot of the accident ibe bishop dismissed the meeting and ana quite a number of the friends and aad neighbors of the family repaired to the stricken home borne to comfort and assist the bereaved ones f awo wo of the brethren took look a carriage and brought brother hammond home the funeral was waa bold at the residence this afternoon aoa anti was wag very largely attended corn com dorting remarks were made by alder E ider wm win halla hails bishop azio halls halla and others many 0 01 the children of the sunday school and primary aa as soola socia liona were present to pay their respects to their little mate tue toe horse hone hats had always been gentle and the little girl had bad brought bir him up rum rom the be pasture many times before all ail with the family la in ibell bereavement and feel to i voke the ibe blessing and comforti comforting ml influence of an all wisa wins providence in their behalf JL M W |
