Show Distressing Accident Yesterday afternoon the little daughter of Mr Thomas Matthews met with a serious if not fatal accident It seems that the little girl who is about 12 years old was playing about a horse owned by her father and in sport struck it with a stick The stroke V angered the horse causing it to kick out striking the little one full in the forehead crushing the frontal bone in a frightml manner The child was picked upamconscious and carried car-ried into the house and Dr Benedict was sent for as soon as possible He found the child still unconscious from the pressure of the crushed bone on the skull Finding that all other means failed the Doctor performed an operation on the head taking out quite a large piece of the frontal bone The little one was resting quite easy today but it is hard to say as yet just what the result of I I the accident will be I I IS I |