The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-22
REMARKABLE ESCAPES.
Thrilling Runaway Down a Steep
Mountain Road.
SEVEN LIVES IN DANGER |
Five Men, a Woman and n Child
Hurled From a Carriage, But
Only One Was Seriously
Injured.
SEVEN LIVES IN DANGER

The steep mountain road north of town
leading from the cemeteries was the scene
of another disastrous runaway yesterday
afternoon and the death of five men, a wo-
man and a child were escaped by almost a
miracle. One of the men, the driver of the
team, named Anthony Glanunski, was
seriously injured, and it is believed one of
the horses is so badly hurt that it will die.
The carriage was returning from a
funeral. There were seated inside three
men, a woman and a two-year-old child,
all Poles, residing in M~onaghan's row,
near the Indian Ridge colliery breaker.
Two men were seated in the drivers box.
James Shields, the owner of the carriage
and team, says Glanunski was given charge
of the party because he was known to be
an experienced and careful driver.
The horses were some distance down the
road when they suddenly dashed. Clan
unski n Joe Navitski, the man who
occupied the drivers seat with him, We're
thrown into the ditch at the side of the
road. Navitski escaped with a few bruises.
As the carriage ratified down the steep road
at a break-neck pace the occupants were
thrown out at different points, but strange
to say none were seriously injured. When
the woman was thrown. out she had her
child clasped tight in her arms. The
woman sustained several bruises, but the
most she complained of was a torn dress
and she Threatened to ~ NJ cI;.1l. E.
damages. The child was not hurt. One of
the men had his ribs bruised, but like the
woman, his torn clothing gave him
the most pain. Another man had
a finger lacerated. The escape the
party had was remarkable. The horses
left the carriage at the bend in the road
opposite the green north of Superintendent
Baird's property. The vehicle was so
badly shattered that only the pole was left
whole. Mr.. Shields offered the wreckage
to anybody willing to cart it away last
night.
The horses continued their dash to the
corner of Main and Coal streets, where
they were stopped by one of them collid-
ing with a telegraph pole. The animal lay
where it fell bleeding profusely from the
nose. Mr.. Shields had it removed to the
stable and the veterinary surgeon who was
called in said the horse had received severe
internal injuries and would probably die.
Glanunski, the driver, was seen at his
home on East Huckleberry alley last night.
He was in bed with his body, right arm
and head wrapped in bandages. DIR. D.
w. Straub had attended him. Three of
his ribs on the right side are fractured, a
cash that required several stitches is in
the upper part of his right arm and there
are several holes in his head. The man
says he stopped the carriage while de
scending the hill and stepped down from
the box for a moment. He left the whip
and reins in charge of Joe Navitski. Upon
returning to the seat he took the reins in
hand and started the horses. Navitski
said, 'Why don't you make the horses
go 2" and gave one of the horses a sharp
cut with the whip-"And eff they went, f"
Glanunski said. People who were upon
the scene Immediately after the accident
say the whole party seemed to be more or
less under the influence of drink.
Glanunski's friends say that he will
never meet a violent death. His remark
able escape yesterday is a second one.
Several years age he was accidentally shot
at one of the slaughter house. The bullet
entered the right side of the face neal the
cheek bone and came out behind the left
ear.
Navitski, the man Glanunski charges
with having started the horses, is known
as "the dude" and resides on East Centre
street, in the First ward.
Mr.. Shields says his loss by the runaway
Is close to 5000. The carriage wrecked was
a new one, having been purchased only six
weeks ago at a cost of 1915. The horse
which it is believed will die was the best
be had and was valued at 5000.
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