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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3851, 20 November 1883, Page 2

Tiietce is a serious warning for bicyclists who take a pride in riding in busy thoroughfares, in an accident which occurred recently in ono of the streets of London. The streets of the city, paved as they are with asphalt, makes very pleasant paths for the bicycle and tricycle, but only the most daring riders care to run the risk of accident or death amid tho rapid stream of iraflic. On the day in question, however, somo half-dozen bicyclists wero riding along Threadneedle-street, one of flic narrowest and busiest of tho city thoroughfares, by the sides of a van, when the horse slipped upon tho asphalt and fell. There was no warning to the bicyclists. One of the horse's legs struck tho wheel of tho first bicycle, nnd its rider was brought heavily on to tho pavement. He was taken up insensible and bleeding from the nose and mouth. Tho rider following ran upon the prostrate horse, and had his right thigh and arms broken by kicks. Both tho unfortunate youths had to be taken to a hospital. Those who ride bicycles have every fair "right of tho road;" but only the most reckless will find any pleasure in making use of bicycles where accidents like these may befall them at any moment.