The Ouachita Telegraph - Landers Carriage Accident Date: Oct 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, October 15, 1887 Page 3, Column 1 A Fatal Accident. Last Sunday while Mr. L.W. Landers and family were crossing the river in a flat at Dunn’s ferry below Monroe, his team became unmanageable and backed the carriage off into the river. Mr. Landers and two children and an old negro servant were in the carriage, the latter of whom was drowned and Mr. Landers and children narrowly escaped a similar fate. One of the mules was drowned before they could be detached from the carriage. # # #