Show TERRIBLE I gilbert G wright Rocel some ghastly wounds on sunday eveni cr ening ng a terrible accident tec ident happened to gilbert G wright eon son ef of sir G J wright of this city it appears the boy who is sixteen years of age had bad been riding out in in company wit with several other youths of about his own age they wore all on horseback in the evening young w wright returned home and put his horse in the stable after eating supper b he e wini to the depot to mail some le let t letters he ile was accompanied by henry higginbotham both were mounted on horseback after alfter returning from the railroad the two boys rode out to mound F fort ort and visited some friends on their way y out ut they met a man named james jaines bune bunt with a one horse honse buggy young wright says he be burred bis his horses borses head to the right which was according ice to law bune bunt termed his horses head to the left leftwrich which he lie should not have done this action on the th part of bune brought the wheel of the vehicle in contact with sir mr wright and his nu animal and the rider s le left ft leg tearing it in a most fearful fear fo manner at the time of the collision wrighta ta horse wag was traveling on a lope and the other on a afasa fust trot horse received a terrible wound cutting its breast open the boy bo was 23 thrown from the animals back bax to a R distance of twenty feet he ile w was as picked up and taken to the house of mr chas chase the parents were oon soon apprised of the accident and took out a vehicle and brought their son horn home dr P L anderaon anderson was summoned at once on examination he found that the wound on the leg commencing near the th articulation of the knee extended to a little below the articulation of the ankle it was twelve inches long and eight inches wide the flesh was torn off the limb entirely tn to the extent named above the bone is laid completely bare the doctor dressed the wound and the patient today to dat day although suffering also internally terna ter nally ay from the effects of the shock produced by the violent contact with both the vehicle and the ground is doing reasonably well |