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Domestic News
December 1, 1834
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
In Petersburg, 14-year-old Alexander E. Spotswood died from injuries sustained in a horse riding accident on November 23 when his saddle girth burst, throwing him under another galloping horse. He was the eldest son of Dandridge Spotswood, Esq., and the second son lost prematurely by his parents.
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Petersburg, Nov. 25.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Alexander E. Spotswood, eldest son of Dandridge Spotswood, Esq. of this place, aged 14 years, while riding out with a party of young friends, on the evening of the 23rd inst. a few miles below town, on the City Point Road, by the bursting asunder of his saddle girth, was thrown to the ground and so dreadfully injured by the horse of one of his companions passing over him at full gallop, as to cause his death in an hour after his mangled body was brought into the presence of his deeply afflicted father and mother. The deceased was a youth of most sprightly and intelligent mind; amiable disposition and manners, and exhibited in every way, the most flattering promises of future usefulness and distinction in society. But the destroyer had marked him for his own—and speeding his shaft in an unexpected moment, added another to his long list of untimely victims; and to their cause for deep grief and affliction the loss of a second son, which has been snatched in a premature manner from the arms of the same fond parents within the last few years.
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DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Alexander E. Spotswood, eldest son of Dandridge Spotswood, Esq. of this place, aged 14 years, while riding out with a party of young friends, on the evening of the 23rd inst. a few miles below town, on the City Point Road, by the bursting asunder of his saddle girth, was thrown to the ground and so dreadfully injured by the horse of one of his companions passing over him at full gallop, as to cause his death in an hour after his mangled body was brought into the presence of his deeply afflicted father and mother. The deceased was a youth of most sprightly and intelligent mind; amiable disposition and manners, and exhibited in every way, the most flattering promises of future usefulness and distinction in society. But the destroyer had marked him for his own—and speeding his shaft in an unexpected moment, added another to his long list of untimely victims; and to their cause for deep grief and affliction the loss of a second son, which has been snatched in a premature manner from the arms of the same fond parents within the last few years.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Petersburg Accident
Horse Riding
Saddle Girth Burst
Youth Death
Spotswood Family
What entities or persons were involved?
Alexander E. Spotswood
Dandridge Spotswood, Esq.
Where did it happen?
Petersburg
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Petersburg
Event Date
Evening Of The 23rd Inst.
Key Persons
Alexander E. Spotswood
Dandridge Spotswood, Esq.
Outcome
death in an hour after injury; second son lost prematurely by parents
Event Details
While riding with young friends a few miles below town on the City Point Road, Alexander E. Spotswood's saddle girth burst, throwing him to the ground where he was trampled by a companion's horse at full gallop.