The Washington Republican-Register Washington County Friday November 17, 1905 Might Have Been Worse. Dave EVANS and Dave DIFFENBAUGH met with an accident last week while on the way to Devil Creek to look at a piece of land. They got about five miles northwest of town when Mr. Diffenbaugh concluded that it was cold enough to put on his overcoat and got out for that purpose. Not being sure of the colts, Mr. Evans got out to hold them by the heads. He had barely gotten hold one of them when Diffenbaugh pulled his coat out of the buggy. This frightened the colts and they started to run. Evans hung on and Diffenbaugh came to his assistance, grabbing the same line that Mr. Evans happened to have hold of. This veered the horses up onto the bank and tipped the buggy over, knocking Mr. Evans down and displacing his thumb and middle finger. The horses have a lurch which righted the buggy again and away they went. The dismounted knights borrowed a rig from Frank KING and started in pursuit. They found the horses had gotten caught on a wire fence near the Evans place just north of town and that no damage was done except to a brace on the buggy tongue. Mr. Evans phoned his wife to bring out his own team and they they proceeded on their way glad that is was no worse.