Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-01-26

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BRoKEy. A serious runawsy, or rather series
Of ruusWays, occurred Sunday forenoon in
this city. As Deacon A Eimblll, If South Bug-
.ingtou. wa driving into town to church, with
bis family, in a double sleigh one Of his horses,
= powerful young b,y horse, took fright, in the
upper part Of College street, fron the shippe
tree hitting HE hseis, ia consequence Of = hold
back strsD being too loosely buckied. lie soon
became uumsusSesbie, and hi, mate in turn
taking fright, the psir dashed down College
street Cd full run Mr. II. ". Mason vss st
the time near the corner 0f Mechanics street,
otherwise known as SINNERS Lane, with "A
sleigh and pair Of black horses. belonging 10
the livery stable Of o. C. Stacy. Seeing the
runaway coming, MIR. Mason wheeled his horses
round sni started down College street, hoping
10 keep out cf the way. His horses, however. soon
took fright from the other team, md both
spans rsn maily down College street.
I; vas sboat half psst ten O'Clock. anil the
streets were full of people on their way to church,
Who fed in all directions. for their lives. In
front Of y. Aliens store, one Of the ruuswsys
ran into a single sleigh, breaking in the side Of
the cutter, sizing j. sud throwing out toe
driver. lie chung to The RENE however, and
stopped his horse. after the snimsl hsd dragged
him short distance. lie Wss somewhat stunned
but not seriously injured. and was zble to drive
of. Mr.. Kimbalrs horses kept on around the
Park. In front Of the Chsmplsin Transportation
Company's Office on the South side Of the Square,
they TOOK the gutter and the right srm Of Dea.
Km5,ll wa. dashed against awning post, re-
ceiying very severe confusion Of the muscles,
and narrowly escaping fracture Of the bones.
here the frightened horses turuel towards the
Est, til the sleigh struck The plank bridge
(across the gut;er) leading from the Park,
in front Of the American Hotel, which
upset the sleigh, threw the horses, and they
were stopped. All the occupants of the sleigh,
consisting OF Mr.. snd Mrs Kimbsll, and two
children, a boy and girl, were of course thrown
violently cut. Mrs Kimball was thrown up into
the air, and falling received some severe hruisei
of the head and hip, and some injury to hel
back The girl received some eight bruises
the boy was unburt. Mr. and Mrs. KinbAl
we're taken into the American, and DR.. Peel
was called in and attended to their injuries.
The other runaway team kept on down Col
lege Street. at s bresk-neck pace. When neal
wster Streets young Irishnan named Cornelius
Sullivan, who Was coming up the sidewalk
rushed out into the street, swinging his hst in /
bold but rash attempt to stop them The resul
vas tha; be was run over. receiving three o.
our ugly scalp wounds-one q cut three inchel
loDg-snd severe injury to his ankle, whicl
was at first supposed to be broken, besides SOM
severe bruises he bled freely, and the snow il
the street vas room covered with his blood. H
was taken into house, and Dr. Tsnny sttendei
him, and subsequently DR.. Lsngdon. Il va
found that no bones we're broken. The horee
kept on down the hill till Mason was thrown gu
By the sleigh striking some bsre ground. II
escaped without injury. The runawsy tear
next ran into freight car near the Vernon
Central depot. where they lef; the sleigh. in 1
much demorslizsd condition. They were fnall
stopped among the piles Of lumber Mr.. Kim
bsll's horses were not hurt Mr.. Stscy's wer
more or less bruised.
Mrs. Kimball had, by three O'Clock in the st