Driver Says Excavation Was Not Properly Guarded

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Title
Driver Says Excavation Was Not Properly Guarded
Is part of
The Journal News
Journal News
Publisher
Journal Pub. Co.
Place
Hamilton County, OH
Date
1 Jan 1908
Language
English
Temporal coverage
1908
Description
An article describing a road accident involving George Towsey (a.k.a. Tousey): "A valuable horse, owned by Rosier and Sampson, proprietors of a local cab line, was crushed to death in a trench in North D Street last night. The animal was hitched to a cab, which was driven by Geo[rge] Towsey, colored, of 1269 Lane Street. Towesey's passenger was William F. Mason of North D Street, who was on his way home. Recently the Garver Brothers Co., becan to make excavations in the street for house connections It was into one of these trenches that the horse fell. The excavations extended from the curb line to the center of the street. Towsey declares that the end of the trench in the center of the street bore a red light, but that the end towards the gutter was unguarded. He says he did not know that the excavations had been made in the street and from the positon of the light he believed the roadway towards the gutter was passable."
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Tousey, George C. Person