The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
STRUCK A HORSE CAR.
Driver Keith, of Falmouth Four, Thrown
From His Engine, and His Ankle Broken
"A Leap From Third Story Window.

A lamp exploded in Miss Hardegan's
boarding house on Brown street last
night. A rug was thrown over is and
water poured on the rug That ended the
fire, just as the excitement began. Some
excitable individual sent out general
alarm from box $, which is on the
Preble house and in few minutes Con-
gress street between Preble and Brown
was filled with apparatus. AS the down
town engines came in sight, Jacob
Singer, the driver of Stroudwater horse
car bound down town, stopped his car
just below Casco street and Herbert
Plummer, the conductor, ran to hold
the leaders, four horses being attached
to the car. Coming down Congress street
some distance behind the car was Fal-
mouth No.4, driven by Joseph ] Keith.
The engine was JOINING at a rafting
pace and Keith could neither pull up in
time nor prevent the heavy engine slew
ing around in the car track. One of the
wheels of the engine struck the rear
platform of the car with great force.
Keith, the driver, was thrown from his
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and landing in the road. Engineer
Williams, who was at his post by the fire
box, was also thrown violently from the
engine. The engine horses ran rapidly
down the crowded street, with nobody
to guide them. Driver O'Rourke of the
chemical engine saw them coming and
made dive for the nigh horse catch
ing the bride. He tried to catch the
bride of the off horse with his other
hand, but the end of the pole struck his
wrist, causing painful sprain. Frank
Plummer. a member of Casco engine
company Nos, ran to O'Rourke's assist
ance and caught the other horse.
O'Rourke pluckily held on, notwith-
standing his injury, until the team was
brought tosa standt still. The stopping
of the runaway was an act of bravery
merIting recognition. The horse car was
thrown from the track and the rear plat
form was broken.
There We're only few passengers in
the car and they were sitting pretty far
forward, so that when the collision oc-
CURED they were not hurt.
Driver Keith was picked up and taken
into Schlotterbeck S drug store. He was
badly bruised and suffering much pain
from his ankle. DR.. Clark of the United
States Hospital service, cut off the boot
and stocking and found the foot swell
ing rapidly. He could only make a
casual inspection, and as the man was
faint administered ammonia and called
for the patrol wagon to send him home
in, as it was necessary he should lie in
recumbent position. DR.. H. 7. Merrill,
his physician, was called on reaching
home, and he found the ankle broken in
two places. Engineer Williams was con-
slider ably bruised and shaken up, but
| received no serious injury.
The engines fore axle was twisted and
one of the wheels was bent up against
the engine. The crowd around Brown
| and Congress streets was SO great that
several policemen were required to force
a way for the injured man into the drug
store
The chemical was called in the after
noon to Nos Vine street, occupied by
S. AS Shaw and WE. Allen, for small
blaze caused by defect in the chimney.
The blaze was extinguished with slight
damage 1t was reported that young
man jumped from third story window
in his excitement, but luckily aliIghted
in snow bank and was not injured.
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