The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-04
A RUNAWAY WATER TOWER
BfNGS 1HROUGH LINES OF TRUCKS
DOUN CHERRY HfLL,
Upset, and Sna.hcs Them, and Fires The
In;o the shop Wirdows-hcn and Chit
drrn sent Fiyin.-Four Men Bring tho
Uhrrc El.hirnrh IInrscs to "a Stand.

drrn sent Fiying-Four Men Bring tho
Three Frightened Horses to stand.
At ESQ o'clock last night Water Tower No.
| left its house in Chambers street to go to
fire at 05 and 81 CHI street Fifteen minutes
aftcrward 1t was bowling down Cherry street
IN n wild runaway. its rondetous body sweep
ing from ono side OF tho narrow street to
tho other like the tail Of an angry whale. crash
Ing rows OF trucks together and driving them
over the sidewalks into house fronts. and en-
dangcrinc the lives OF the swarm OF children
that arc ever present In the streets OF that
crowded district.
Just what started the three big horses that
draw the tower Ia q matter OF conjecture.
They never ran away before. and John PilGcr.
the driver who has been driving water towers
in tho department since 'S3. never had an
accident before.
-Four men usually 20 out with No. I. but last
night whcn the signal hell rang two mon wcre
away at supper and rilgcr started out With
only one mate. lie brought his horses to u
stand in Franklin square. Just east OF the ee-
waited track. with the horses heads toward
down town, and his matc left 10 report the
arrival Of The tower to tho Chief in charge.
rilgcr. anxious TO get his machine into posi-
ton, left it FOR moment 70 find II pathway up
t. the fire. When he returned the team had
gone. Men who saw the horses start thought
til" elevated trains had startled them.
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