Grady County GaArchives News.....Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller Hurt In Runaway Accident  November 29 1918
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The Cairo Messenger
Last Saturday morning about ten o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller, who reside 
about eight miles north of town, were painfully injured by being thrown from 
their buggy in a runaway accident on Broad street at the A.C.L. railroad 
crossing.

Green Johnson, an old negro man who works on the farm for S. P. Cain, Esq., was 
bringing a load of syrup to town and when just inside of the city limits, near 
the residence of Mr. T. L. Rushin, the two young mules which he was driving 
became scared and began to run.  Before they had gone only a short distance, 
the tongue to the wagon broke in two, which frightened the mules all the more, 
and they continued at break-neck speed down Broad street.  When they got to the 
depot, they started to turn and go down the track, but changed their minds and 
continued across to the south side of town.  Here they came in contact with the 
horse and buggy of Mr. Miller.  The wagon hit the buggy demolishing it into 
splinter wood, and throwing Mr. and Mrs. Miller out.  In the fall, Mrs. Miller 
was painfully hurt about the head and it was first thought she was killed.  
Those nearby, rushing to her assistance and picked her up, carrying the lady to 
Dr. Walker's Sanitarium, where an examination was made of her condition.  It 
was found that she was bruised about the head and the right side of the body.  
Mr. Miller came out with very few scratches.  Mrs. Miller was carried to her 
home and is reported as resting well from the accident.

When the mules ran into the buggy, they fell, one of the receiving bad cuts 
about the hip.  The old negro who did everything in his power to stop the team, 
was not hurt in the least and remained in the wagon until the team came to its 
sudden stop.

It is indeed lucky that no one was seriously hurt as the street was crowded 
with wagons, buggies and automobiles, besides numbers of people.  The wagon was 
loaded with five barrels of syrup, all remaining intact during their wild 
ride.    

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