Source, Rutland (Vt) Weekly Herald--Thur. July 22,1886. A FATAL RUNAWAY. A Bridport,(Vt) Man Killed While Driving Home From Church. Mr. John Melvin was instantaneously killed at Bridport (Vt) Sunday afternoon by being thrown from a wagon. He lived a couple of miles north of Bridport village and at about two o'clock was driving home from church, his daughter Maggie and his wife's grandson being with him. When a short distant from home a sudden shower came on. The horse took fright at an umbrella which one of the occupants raised and started on a mad run. Charles Wing, who was driving ahead of Mr. Melvin, turned out on one side of the road and the runaway team in going by on the other side went into a sluice and the occupants were thrown out. All were uninjured save Mr. Melvin who went over the forward wheel. Before he could recover himself the horse ran into a fence by the roadside and Mr. Melvin's head struck a post. The horse then ran on and the wagon was utterly demolished. Mr. Wing saw the accident and hastened up, Mr. Melvin was picked up and carried into a schoolhouse near by , and help was summoned, as soon as possible, but he was dead. Mr. Melvin was 65 years of age ; member of the Congregational church and one of the most highly esteemed residents of Bridport. He came to Bridport twelve years ago from Mineville, N.Y., and purchased a large farm,which he has since conducted. He leaves a wife and three children, two daughters and a son, who is now in the west. The sorrow in the community over his sad and sudden death and the sympathy for his bereaved family are genuine and wide-spread.