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July 11, 1913 Springfield Republican
Westfield
Twisted in Wheel Spokes
Granville Man Badly Injured
Thomas Jensen Makes Heroic Attempt to Save Woman in Runaway and is Himself Seriously Hurt
There was a sensational and serious runaway accident on Park Square yesterday just before noon in
which Thomas Jensen of Granville was seriously injured while making a heroic effort to stop a horse
that was running away with a woman and two girls. For his bravery and willingness to expose himself
to the danger involved he received the commendation of all who witnessed the distressing scene, and
it is felt that such an act is really deserving of recognition by the Carnegie hero fund commission.
Jensen's right leg was frightfully twisted and torn as he fell into the spokes of the wagon and was
carried around the wheel four or five times.
A woman named Mrs. Joseph Meliska who lives near the Southwick line on a farm, was near the
American Whip factory on Main Street when the horse started. A holdback broke and the horse ran
into Park Square. It was in front of the Park Square Hotel that Mr. Jensen ran out and caught the rear
end of the buggy. He climbed to the rear axle and attempted to control the horse by taking the lines
from the woman. He was meeting with some degree of success when the wagon crashed against the
curbing at the foot of Court street. Mr. Jensen lost his footing, and his right leg went through the
spokes. He was whirled around several times by the time several men had caught and held the horse.
Mr. Jensen was wedged in between the wheel and the wagon. He was in a dazed condition and was
bleeding profusely from a wound below the knee. A strap was placed about the leg above the knee to
stop the flow of blood, and Dr. R. D. Hildreth ordered the man taken at once in the ambulance to Noble
Hospital.
It was found that the knee was dislocated and that the muscles and vessels above the knee were
frightfully torn and bruised. The flow of blood from the gash below the knee was found to come from
the injuries above the knee. Yesterday afternoon there was great difficulty in getting circulation
established in the leg and there was fear expressed that amputation would be necessary. Dr Hildreth
stated that Mr. Jensen was also suffering from shock and his condition was serious. He is a heavy
man and he was whirled around the carriage wheel with tremendous force. Mr. Jensen is unmarried.
He lives in Granville with his father and mother and a brother, and has for some time been running an
automobile between Granville and Westfield carrying passengers.
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One can never tell what a hero may look like nor when he will
appear, but when the right sequence of circumstances occurs, the
stage is then set, and behold, there is your hero. In 1913 Thomas
Jensen was a young farmer living with his parents on Sodom Street.
On the 10th of July in that year he chanced to be in Westfield.
Suddenly a horse drawing a vehicle containing a woman and two
children came madly dashing down the street, a runaway. Every
one and every thing was giving it a wide berth. The wagon was
swaying from side to side threatening to spill, and probably kill,
the frightened occupants. Tom saw it. Something must be done, and
that quickly. There was no time to consider, if they were to be saved.
He stepped out into the street, seized hold of the wagon as it passed
him, swung himself up into it, stopped the runaway horse and saved
the woman and children. In so doing, however, he slipped and one
leg was caught in one of the wheels. He was so seriously injured
that he died three days later. True, one cannot tell what a hero
may look like-till afterwarp.s. The following January Thomas
Jensen was cited as a hero by the Carnegie Hero Fund Committee
and his parents were granted a pension of $30.00 a month. The
people living on the everlasting hills of Granville have not
degenerated. There are just as many heroes now as there ever were.
All it needs to make them appear is the right combination of
circumstances.
From "History of Granville" by Albion B. Wilson, 1954
THOMAS JENSEN, 1913
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Thomas J. Jensen, a Granville resident who died while attempting to stop a runaway carriage carrying a woman and two children in Westfield.
Thomas Jensen's funeral was on July 15, 1913. A choir made up of Mable Root, Ida Seymour, L.F. Henry, and Silas B. Root sang "Resurrection Morn." The choir notes comment, "He gave his life for strangers." Thomas Jensen is the only person in the choir notes between 1900 and 1919 who has a special notation after their name.
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1913
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Thomas J. Jensen
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