NEWS: Isabella (Mavis) CASEBEER received serious and distressing horse and wagon 
accident, 1891 on Main Street, Somerset County, PA 

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A very serious and distressing accident occurred on Main street Saturday 
afternoon, whereby Mrs. Isabella Casebeer, who lives five miles north of town, 
had her right arm and several ribs broken, an ugly gash cut in her forehead, and 
sustained numerous bruises. For the past ten or twelve years Mrs. Casebeer has 
been engaged in supplying the people of this place with vegetables and berries, 
and her one horse wagon was a familiar sight on the streets. Saturday she drove 
a new horse on a trial trip, and in coming around the corner at the Somerset 
House, made too short a turn. The wagon was upset, and the venerable lady driver 
thrown under the wheels. The horse became frightened and ran away, dragging the 
wagon over the body of the helpless woman, causing the above stated injuries. 
She was carried to the home of Dr. J. M. Louther, where she was given attention, 
and where she remains in very critical condition.

The Somerset Herald, June 3, 1891 Edition Page 3

[NOTE: Looking up the date referenced of accident occurred May 30, 1891; 
additional information under Obituaries] ap