Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-06
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Charlie Hedge Has His Skull Crush
ed by a Runaway Horse,
And Dies Almost lnstantly---A Number
of Horses on the Rampage, Max
ing Things Lively in Various
Parts Of the City.

Yesterday horrible accident occurred
on The South Side that resulted 10 the death
of small child of Charles Hedge, kilnmsn
at the pottery. About 1890 o'clock horse
attached to q delivery wagon owned by
Staub, the Twenty third street feed store
man, was standing at the pottery stables on
Eoff street, Just below La Belle avenue,
while the driver, a boy was unloading some
feed. The animal scared at something and
made
WILD BREAK UP EoFF STREET.
Charley Hedges, aged about six years, was
lust returning home from school,
and when q short distance above
Twentieth street he saw the
animal apparently dashiug at him full speed.
He was on on the side walk, and as the
horse approached near him he attempted to
get out of the way BY running to the oppo'
site side of the street, but alas, just as he
did, the horse changed its course and dash.
ed upon the lite fellow. The front wheel
of the wagon sIuck the boy on the right
hip and ran up over the side OF his body
and
CRUSHED IN HIS SKULL
in terrible manner. Several people who
were Mortified spectators of the &C.
cident, but were unable to pre-
vent it, rushed to the scene and
the young lad was tenderly carried to his
home, 3ll6 Eoff street. and DR.. Reed called,
but death had done his work before the doc
tor arrived and the little fellow never knew
what hurt him. The horse was stopped
several squares above by a boy without hav-
ing done further damage. This is indeed a
sad case as the boy made desperate effort to
escape, but the tstes seemed to be against
him. To-day would have been the ami
versary of his birthday.
Other Runaways.
About three o'clock yesterday morning
the people residing along Eoff street, on the
South Side, were startled from their slum-
bers by terrible clstter, and upon looking
out horse was seen tearing up the street
with demolished wagon dragging at his
heels. The lay out shot past like meteor,
and this was all that could be learned OF
the affair.
At noon yesterday horse attached to q
delivery wagon belonging to Chas. Miller,
the South Chspline street grocer, took
sudden notion to skip out and it did. The
bride had been taken off to feed it 10 front
of the store when the foolish idea seized it,
and leaving feed and friends it dashed down
Chapline street and headed directly toward
John Coleman's new palace drug store.
However, seeing
NO CHANCE FOR SODA WATER
it turned down Twenty.sixth. All the time
a small boy had hold Of the lines trying to
stop the animal, and several times he was
almost jerked under the wagon, but at last
succeeded in bringing the horse to stand
still.
Just before noon yesterday horse at
tached to wagon belonging to Patrick
Terrell, took fright at the Elm Grove moter,
on Sixteenth, Just west of Eof, and ran
away. When in front of Chris Floto's
bakery the animal ran up on the side walk,
oyerlprning heavy stone block used as q
stepping stone for equestrisns, and all but
plunged through Mr.. Floto's show window.
The animal was captured after an exciting
chase, and the broken wagon hauled off.
Two horses with very heavy load o.
iron became Gnmsnsgeable at the corner
of Fourteenth and Market streets, yesterday
afternoon, swapping the usue of the
wagon.