Daily Republican., 1882-05-31
FIFTH EDITION
A FRIGhTFUL RUsAW.v
= umoer OF Market PENN.
Anocked down and Five Of s.e .ns.'e
Seriously Iniurad .nem

a Aumber Of Market p.
Anocked down and Five Of Sle s"s.'l
seriously Injured, "0m
Shortly before eleven oclock 81,
forenoon the pair of horses attanhod sals
the wagon of Davidson q Bro nou m"s. 70
workers at Fifth and King straets ",ols
fright and plunged down the strsat ook
furious rate. '-' S'feet at
Inc wagon was backed up to the v.,s
at the time and the horses wa,y saia
charge of driver who was seatsd III IN
the wagon. An express wagon oa ~pon
oowh Inc narrow space between tho
wagon and the protruding shaft Of thu he
market wagons on the other side ons ,us
having little room to pass bore to u .ll
west side which caused a horse attachas WY
to market dearborn to back into nae
ldson's horses. This caused the bn,aS nas.
to start down the street the wbeels "
the wagon catching the hind wbeaI VI VI
a dearborn and wrenching it to nieco0
The driver held back on the linas os om
he could but the velocity of the flvina
team seemed only to be increasaaS
Reaching the north crossing of Fourth
aud King streets, the driver was
thrown from the wagon among soms
huckster boxes without serious iniu,u
The horses thus left without chac.
planged ,nadly into a crowd of fr;ah.
ened men, women and children, Som
of them, keepers of hucksters stand any /
others those who were a;tendina
market, at Middleton's Corner, son,s
east corner OF Fourth and King.
The scene that ensued beggars da
scription. Women and children wsro
knocked down and trampled unon
huckster stands were broken, barres
OF cabbage, crates of tom atoes, pota'
toes, peas, beans and Strawberries wsro
upset and destroyed and everything
was in the widest confusion, Soma
bystanders rushed in and caught thS
horses but at that time or 4 personS
were struggling beneath their hoofs and
the wheels of the wagon.
Jacob Cole and his wife, an aged cou.
pie, residing at 703 East Sixth street.
werepulled out from benea' h the wagon
Mr.. Cole was struck in the back by tba
tongue OF the wagon and knocked
down the horses tramping over him,
Mr.. Cole when rescued was beneath
one of the wheels of the wagon.
The Coles had a market stand and
their produce was almost totally do. !
stroyed. Mr.. John Outten who was at.
tending stand for S. N. Smetz was
knocked down and run over. A Mrs
Witsil residing in the neighborhood Of
Font street and Maryland Avenue was
knocked down and had her forehead
badly cut. She was however able to
walk home with Some assistance. Miss
Anderson young lady, granddaughter
OF the Coles was knocked down and it
is feared internally injured.
The Coles were taken into Middle.
toms store, where DR.. Sinus waited
upon them and did what he could to
alleviate their pain. Later they were l.
taken in a carriage to their residenceon
East Sixth street. They are not dan.
gerously injured. Miss Anderson was
taken into shoe store close by. She
complained very much of internal in.
juries, but she was able an hour after.
wards to be removed to her residence,
S44 Kirkwood street. John Outen Is
probably more seriously injured. He
was taken to the residence of Mr..
Smeltz and DIR. Burwell being sum.
moned gave him opiates to make him
unconscious of his pain. Others were
more or less injured, but were able to
90 to their homes.
Mr.. Smeltz lost the most of his pro-
duce and Mr.. OuIten lost his watch
which an hour afterwards was picked
up by Harry Sleice. The Sleices' lost
probably some $i5 worth of produce
and the Coles about the same.
The great wonder is that somebody
was not killed and that 80 few are Sc.
riously injured considering the density
of the crowd and the frightful velocity
with which the horses made wild with
fear plunged into the moving mass OF
hum anity.