Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-25
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Fathers Hickey, Mcbride and EicCu,iGus
Upset. But Net Seriously hmrt

Fathers Hickey, Mcbride and Mccullough
Upset, Hut Net Seriously hurt
To-day about o'clock, As Rev. Fathers
Hickey and Mcbride and Rev. DIR. McCul-
lough, of st. MaTy's church, were re-
turning from q sleigh ride, and were almost
in the act of ali.htirg at St. Mary's par
sonage, Il trace or some other part of the
harness broke. which, scared the horses
and they ran down the hill in front OF the
parsonage ut furious rate, Father
Hickey, who had the lines, being unable
to control them. Dr. Mccullough, as soon
as he saw the horses were beyond control,
jumped from the sIcigh and escaped with
few bruises and sprained wrist. The
horses dashed alon. Vine street, and up
Dirah's Hill to Strawberry street. At
this point Father Mcbride, in attempting
to leave the rear seat and get upon the
front one to assist Father Hickey in con-
trolling the horses, was thrown from the
sleigh, but not seriously hurt. The horses
ran along the narrow roadway in Straw
berry and OH emerging into West King,
crossed it and ran down Charlotte street.
When almost opposite the side entrance OF
the PlOw tavern, the sleigh was dashed
against tree, Father Hickey was thrown
out, and the horses becoming detached
from the sleigh by the breaking of tho
pole, ran ut full speed towards Orange
street, where they ran against 4 tree, one
on each side of it, and were separated, one
of them with the pole dragging to his
side running out Orange toward the Ma
rietta pike, and the other towards Chest
nut street.
Father Hickey, who was much stunned
by his fall, was carried into the Plow tav-
ern, and DR.. Ehler. who was an eye wit
ness of the accident, fastened TO his as
sistance. His injuries, consisting OF few
cuts on the face and a severely bruised
shoulder, are not considered dangerous.
DR.. Ehler took Father Hickey to st.
Mary's parsonage, where he was soon wait
ed upon by large number Of his frieEds
and congratulated on his escape from more
serious injury.
As the horses were running Oh Charlotte
street, between King and Orange, they
almost ran over a small boy, but he luckily
escaped injury.
The horses were a pair Of Srays belong
ing to Fred. Rrimmer. One of them was
caught in West Chestnut street. It was il
good deal cut about the hind legs, but not
very seriously injured. The ether horse
ran west until it struck the Columbia
pike, along which it ran, with the pole
hanging to it, until it reached Mr.. Hers
farm, half mile beyond the Little Con-
estoga bridge, where it ran into lane and
stopped. The poor beast is very seriously
injured about the lie IS aud could be tracked
for mile by its blood, acd in the lane
where it was caught there was a large
pool of blood.
Another Runaway.
Last evening between and 5 O clock a
bay horse attached to sleigh in charge
of Abram Wenger. of Sporting Hill, took
fright on the Harrisburg pike near kaufi-
mans tavern, got away from the driver,
and nothing has since been heard of the
team. 1t appears that a box which Mr..
Winger was carrying in the sled fell out
and as Mr.. Wenger got out Of tho sleigh
to replace il. the horse got away from him.
The box was found at The crossing of the
Harrisburg pike and the railroad in the
northwestern part of the city. The owner
of the horse will repay any one who may
have taken it up, if they leave it at tie