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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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In Petersburg, a 12- or 14-year-old apprentice boy named Womack was fatally dragged by a runaway horse on Bank street, suffering severe head and body injuries.
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Distressing Accident.—On Sunday morning last, an accident, painful to relate, and which it is sincerely hoped may prove a salutary warning to boys, ever too careless of danger in venturing to take the reins of unruly horses, occurred in this town: A lad of the name of Womack, perhaps 12 or 14 years of age, an apprentice to Mr. Berry, Saddler and Harness Maker, was run away with by a horse upon which he was mounted, and, falling from the saddle, his feet hung in the stirrups, and thus was dragged a considerable distance on the pavement of Bank street, until released by a kick of the frightened animal. He was lifted up entirely lifeless, his brains dashed out upon the rocks, and his body bruised in a shocking manner!
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Petersburg
Event Date
Sunday Morning Last
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he was lifted up entirely lifeless, his brains dashed out upon the rocks, and his body bruised in a shocking manner
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A lad of the name of Womack, perhaps 12 or 14 years of age, an apprentice to Mr. Berry, Saddler and Harness Maker, was run away with by a horse upon which he was mounted, and, falling from the saddle, his feet hung in the stirrups, and thus was dragged a considerable distance on the pavement of Bank street, until released by a kick of the frightened animal