Daily Republican., 1890-06-16
A CAUsELEss ACT.

a ACAU9ELE99 ACTs
One OF the Delaware Truck Horses
Killed BY Reckless Driving and shs
Carslsssness Of the Drlver-Ths Team
Coilidss with . Frame Building.
An alarm Of 6re WAS sounded about Z |
O'Clock last evening from boz No. ~. u
Head and Lobdell strsets, to which the
entire department. responded, only to
find that II was caused BY slight blaze
IN chimney, which Was sxtinguished
before their arrival. 1t 10 said that the
alarm, which was certainly Without
cause. WAS struck BY Officer Peoples.
When the alarm was sounded the
Washington engine was slow in leaving
its house, on French street above Third,
and when It did the Delaware truck was
on French street between Fourth street
and the Washington engine house. Both
the truck and the engine reached Second
and french streets at the same time aud
The Washington engine, however, reach
cd Front street frat, and when 1t turned
up Front toward Market Il was being
hard presssd by the truck. The driver Of
the truck, Charles Evans, very carelessly
drove 90 closely to the steamer that tho
tongue OF the truck struck tho back oil
the engine and forced the three men,
John W. Crow, William T. Smith and
Frank HylAnd-who were ON the bunker,
up against the boiler. To avert an acci-
dent, which would have occurred with
terrible results. the truck driver pulled
his horses around to the left and started
toward the railroad.
He continued down French street to
Water and then turned up the railroad,
with the evident intention OF reaching
Market street bridge ahead Of the WASH
ington.
The steamer reached the bridge ahead
Of the truck, and was crossing The
bridge when the latter reached this end.
Az soon % the steamer was over the
bridge Joseph Green, tho driver, pulled
his horses 70 one side TO give the driver
Of the truck chance TO pass, but It was
evident that both drivers were doing
their best to reach the road at Guthrie'a
works ahead. The steamer was the fret
at the turn, but finding that the truck
was determined 10 cut him Of the driver
continued on out the causeway. As the
truck reached the road the driver under.
took to make short turn, but By thai
time the horses wsrs unmanageable, and
the tillsrman was unable to control the
rear wheels Of the truck. The horsei
continued Oh, and in turning Ben, the of
horse, WAS forced against the office o.
the carriage works and went plunginl
through Iuto the rear room on thA hrs
floor. He struck tho building with sucl
force that the entire front was crush
cd In.
The pole Of the apparatus struck tn
corner Of the building aud threw th
other two horses to the south side an
savsd them. The men who were ridinl
on the truck, after realizing what hs
, occurred, soon alighted and auickl
, pushed the truck back and commence
! TO extricate the injured animal. 1t va
t found In the second office shaking
. pain aud moaning pitifully. Its breal
o was completely torn open, the right sid
. badly cut and several ribs broken.
: was with great difficulty removed to th
! front Of the building and laid on u
. r9Ad,. where large crowd eopGSssstc
. sight. and not one person in the cESN
!. Il Of its awful sufIerIpgs. Dr.. II.
Ewes was sent for and put an end to 4
: misery BY shooting 1t 10 the head.
The horse was valued at $500, and hs
been owned BY the company for sever
years. 1t was very handsome On
seemed to understand every word spoke
to It, The trnck was taken to the houl
: BY the uninjursd horses, aud sever
y msmbors Of the company went to Il
= scene Of the accident and buried the hor,
l. in field In the vicinity.
The following statement OF tho affs
y 10 given BY Joseph Green, driver OF Il
10 Washineton engine:
"Tho truck got out OF the houI
q quicker than did, and when left O,
70 house 1t was between the steamer an
!. Fourth street. Evans always tries 10 G,
y me of when try TO turn tho corner ,
y Front and French streets. turned th
corner very rapidly and was compslls
J. 10 do so TO avert terrible accident,
y turning the corner the pole Of the true
IL ran into the rear of the steamer. and hs
:. ! not been going very fast all OF the me
n would have been killed and the stesms
: upset. / continued my speed and be,
!. him 10 aud across the bridge, when
. had the right Of way, aud be had amp
- space to pass me- He was driving At 4
= awful gait, and the course took was
!, longer distance TO the turn Of the ros
u than he took. ] took the outside of Il
70 road, to allow myself plenty OF room
- make the turn. He took straight lin
and ct the rate he was driving b
horses 1t WAS impossIble for him to IN al
the turn safely. He did not seem
realize what he was about, and thin
= = that tho horses could have turned Il
y corner better without him. This 10 II
|. second time he has tried to run into u
= a. the same place, and think the mi
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