Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-17
SIX RUNAWAYS.
An Evidence of the Danger of
Street Travel.

An Evidence of the Danger oil
Street Travel.
Yesterday was gala day for street
calamities, no less than six occurring at
different points in the city. The first
was abont noon when a runaway horse
conveyed buggy from Third and Hill
streets to Second, where he headed
down Second street, and after nearly
running over half dozen people was
stopped near the hollenbeck and brought
to the police station, where his owner
soon put in an appearance and claimed
his property.
woULD-BE sENsATIONALIsT.
The next street excitement occurred
few minutes later when horse evidently
on his way home came trotting up
Spring street with top buggy in which
no one was seated to guide his move
ments. He went along demurely enough,
turning to the right and left as obstacles
came in his way and adhering rigidly to
the rules of the road. Matters not prov
thoroughfare he turned into Franklin
appeared on the scene and conveyed him
thO POiiCO otollOAs
A COLLISION.
About o'clock the next excitement
occurred, also on Spring street, when
street car ran into watering cart. The
watering cart was in the act of crossing
the car track in front of the Court House,
where there is a hydrant, and the front
end of the car bumped into it squarely,
the horses Of the car barely getting out OF
the way. A lady who was sitting on the
front seat of the car, though frightened
considerably, did not leave her seat, and
the other passengers kept their seats.
CAUGHT ON THE RAILS.
Fifteen minutes later, on San Fernan-
do street, near the Southern Pacific
depot, another watering-cart got into
trouble. The driver, with full load Of
the precious fluid, was warned off the
street car tracks by an approaching
vehicle, and in turning one of the hind
wheels caught in the rails, and was
jerked off completely, wrecking the
wagon, and making the streets muddy
and unpleasant for the rest of the day.
A LADY HURT.
The most serious and exciting of all
was the next catastrophe, which was
again enacted in the busiest part of the
city, on Spring street. 1t was about 8
O'Clock and Prof. Rider, of the Baptist
College, formerly of Monrovia, was driv-
Ing down Spring street, accompanied by
his wife, in one-horse buggy. A wheel
of tho vehicle caught in the cable-car
track and was wrenched off, and the ami
NAL, who, by the way, is of blooded stock,
became excited and leaped madly forward
toward the sidewalk. Mr.. Bell, of Bell,
Curry & Co., had his carriage stadning
there, and into this the runaway dashed,
breaking it's shafts and completely wreck
ing it. Mr.. Riders buggy was over
turned and its occupants thrown heavily
to the ground. Mrs. Rider was conveyed
into the Santa Fe offices, outside OF
which the wreck occurred, and her inju-
ries, which were not very serious, we're
attended to by the courteous officials
there. The street was almost blockaded
with spectators of the wreck in few
minutes, showing how heavy the travel
is on the business streets in midday.
SOON STOPPED.
1t was O'Clock when the next disas-
ter afforded entertainment for passers-
by, and this one was luckily not attended
with serious consequences. Mr.. w. A..
Clinton's horse and buggy came ambling
along past the Nadeau House without
any one in charge, and when an attempt
was made to stop the animal he resented
and set off at full speed. He was
caught, however, before he had had
time to do anything more disastrous than
break the buggy in triiing manner.