The Argus, 15th Aug 1890
On Wednesday evening last, as Mr. D. P. Boyd, of Rushden, was returning from Ringstead, where he had been addressing a meeting, the conveyance in which he was driving was run into near Stanwick by a vehicle coming in an opposite direction, the driver of the last-named apparently being fast asleep, and in an intoxicated condition. The collision was so violent that Mr. Arthur Brittens, who was in company with Mr. Boyd, was precipitated into the road, and Mr. Boyd’s son fell on top of him, but fortunately no serious injury resulted, the most damage being sustained by the vehicles, the wheels of which were so interlocked as to take three-quarters of an hour to separate them. Had it not been for the fact that Mr. Boyd had already pulled his horse right on to the side of the road, the consequences might have been more serious.
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The Argus, 28th February 1890
Another Runaway—On Thursday a pony attached to a trap belonging to Mr. Burton baker, and laden with bread, ran away on the Rock Estate. Getting out of the thoroughfare he ran across the building land on the left side of Newton-road, when he overturned the trap, and scattered the contents on the ground. The body of the trap was separated from the wheels, the shafts both broken off, and other damage done.
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