Rutland-Windham County VT Archives Obituaries.....Crosier, Orval H. April 19, 1900
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From Rutland, Vermont, newspaper:

A FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT,
In Which Orval H. CROSIER, of Rutland, Loses His Life. Rutland, April 19, 1900

The most distressing runaway accident that has occurred in Rutland in recent years
happened about 6 o'clock Saturday night, and resulted In the death of Orval H.
CROSIER, of 19 East Washington Street, shortly after 12 o'clock Monday morning. It
was found by the physicians who attended him that death resulted from a fracture at
the base of the skull and the attendant hemorrhage. Mr. CROSIER was driving a horse
he had recently purchased, hitched to a light open buggy. The latter part of the
afternoon he had taken his children for a drive. He returned about 6 o'clock and
left them at the house. He then intended to take his wife out for a drive. In
driving out of the yard before he had taken his wife In, the horse, which was young
and had not been driven much, began to act unruly. Mr. CROSIER struck him with the
whip and he began to run. Mr. CROSIER soon got the animal under control, drove
around the block and returned and drove Into the yard again. In turning around the
second time the horse became stubborn and began to back up. Mr. CROZIER then struck
him with the whip somewhat harder than at first. The horse started to run again and
soon became unmanageable. Mr. CROZIER either jumped or was thrown out of the buggy
In front of the house of George E. CLARK. He struck on the back of his head and on
his shoulders and was found unconscious. He was taken to his home in the ambulance.
The horse ran down Washington Street and through Merchants' Row, where Policeman
SMITH made an effort to stop him, but was knocked down in the effort. The horse was
stopped at last on Elm Street by Frank HALE. The buggy was in an upright condition,
indicating that probably Mr. CROZIER jumped from it. Mr. CROZIER was 37 years of age
and was born at Halifax. He attended the Slocome Business College of Buffalo, NY,
was married September 22,1866, and came to Rutland soon after. He had been connected
with M.E. Wheeler & Co. ever since that business was established here, was held in
the highest esteem by his employers and filled the importantposition of looking
after the voluminous correspondence of the firm. Mr. CROZIER leaves a father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus CROZIER, and a wife (Martha POWERS CROZIER) and two
children, a son (Robert) 7 years old and a daughter (Esther) 6 years of age. He is
also survived by four sisters and five brothers.


Additional Comments:
He was my maternal great grandfather.
Jan <jnrose@webtv.net>

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