Horse Drawn Hearse Overturns Posted: 2 years ago by MandolinOrange
hearse overturned when the horses pulling it to a south London cemetery stampeded, dragging the carriage and coffin past appalled relatives and sending floral tributes flying.
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Cabby, Follow That Horse! Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins.
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A Sad End For A New York Carriage Horse Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
"We are devastated by the tragic and sudden loss of our mare Smoothie," said Carolyn Daly, a spokeswoman for the Horse & Carriage Association of New York. "This afternoon's freak accident was overwhelming to all of us in the industry who so dearly love our horses."
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Woman's body found in dumped hearse Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill has been charged with abusing a corpse.
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13 Piece Hearse Playset Posted: 3 years ago by daftgretel
The coffins may be opened to reveal either the Nosferatu, the Skeleton, or a particularly disgusting little Zombie. And the background diarama will provide you with your own little slice of eternal midnight.
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Horse drawn carriages to be banned from Central Park Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Councillor Tony Avella announces a bill to ban hansom cabs from midtown Manhattan.
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Mourners crash like 'dominoes' after cop stops hearse Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
Mourners' vehicles crashed into each other "like dominoes" after a police officer pulled over the hearse leading the cortege near Te Anau.
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NYC Replacing clip-clop, clip-clop with chitty chitty bang bang? Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
A plan is afoot to have horse drawn carriages around Central Park replaced by environmentally friendly classic cars, like the Ford Model T.
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Woman killed by husband's coffin Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
A Brazilian woman has died after being struck by her husband's coffin when the hearse they were travelling in was involved in a car crash.
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Soldier's coffin on baggage cart at airport? Posted: 3 years ago by tomphoolry
Army is investigating a claim that a flag draped coffin was handled with common baggage during flight transfer.
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PETA wants urban horse buggies banned Posted: 7 months ago by amabaie
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants a ban on horse-drawn carriages for tourists in urban settings. They claim the horses are not well-treated. The owners claim they are superbly treated. What do you think?
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Tiny Horse Trains as Guide for Blind Muslim Woman Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
Seeing-eye dogs are a nonstarter among many Muslims who consider the animals unclean, but a horse the size of a dog just might work. More on the Guide Horse Foundation
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Drunk driving suspect hurt when horse collapses Posted: 5 months ago by TraumaMamma
A man facing charges for a drunken joyride on a bulldozer decided to ride his horse to Wakeman village the other day, causing Wakeman safety service personnel to temporarily become cowboys to catch the horse when it got loose. Horse is fine. Maybe he doesn't want to be an accessory to the next incident!
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Public intoxication of man on a white horse Posted: 10 months ago by coldbladed
Drivers were complaining of low visibility and almost hitting the horse. A white horse in a snow storm!
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Horse tail thief on the loose Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
Undersheriff Michael Murphy said the horse owners, who live on Farley Road, reported to police Tuesday that their horses — an exact number was unknown — had been assaulted by a thief or thieves who stole the horses' tails.
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UPS driver has UPS truck for his hearse Posted: 1 year ago by BernardBlack
A UPS driver loved his job so much that when he died this week, his body was transported from the funeral home to the cemetery in a UPS truck.
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Rival undertaker steals hearse key in the middle of a funeral Posted: 7 months ago by tigertony
In a case of business competition gone wrong, the deceased was left stranded in the vintage 1968 Rolls Royce Phantom VI while the owner tore out the walnut dash and attempted to straight wire the ignition.
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My little pony: The tiny horse that wants a name for Christmas Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Toy horses are usually pink and plastic – and aimed at young girls. But this little pony is 100 per cent natural – and ready to make friends with anyone her size. Born ten days ago at a stud in the southern state of Victoria, Australia, the 15in miniature horse – which is yet to be named – has already formed a bond with Sam Leith, 12.
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Horse murdered during robbery Posted: 11 months ago by horsefeathers
Dawn Feathers, had her horse murdered. A man broke into the property where her horse was boarded, slit its throat and stabed it several times. In Hoosick Falls, New York, where Diane lives, the murder of a horse is only up to a one year sentence, and is a misdemeanor. Dawn has a petition that she is asking people to sign to change "Busters Law" to include horses (It currently only covers animal cruelty for dogs and cats, and has a felony charge.)
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Make a call tommorrow to save America's Horses! Posted: 2 years ago by TraumaMamma
Mark your calendars for January 22, 2008, the National Call-In Day for Horses!
The doors on the last remaining U.S.-based horse slaughter plants have been shuttered. Now, Congress must pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) to end the transport to slaughter of American horses to Mexico and Canada. Even when plants were operating within the U.S., several thousand horses were exported to Mexico and Canada annually. Though the total number of American horses killed has dropped, all of them are now enduring terribly long trips over the border that end in a grisly form of slaughter. We have said all along that we must pass federal legislation to stop horse slaughter and the need has never been more urgent.
On January 22, please call your two U.S. senators and U.S. representative and express your support to end horse slaughter permanently.
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The stunning life-like horse sculptures made entirely of driftwood washed up on the beach Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
From a distance they are the embodiment of equine grace, three creatures ready to burst into a gallop across the sands.
Only on closer examination are they revealed to be sculptures made, incredibly, from driftwood.
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