Evening journal., 1895-08-02
TRUCK AND CART MEET
And One of the Delaware
Horses is Instantly Killed.
AN UNHAPPY IEoIDBNroF IHsDAY
The Trucks sorrei Harry Impaied on the
Shaft OF the Friendships Hose Dart at
sixth and West Streets while Respond
Ink TO Test Alarm From Box No. 81

smart OF tue Ffienuahip'e nose Cart Al
sixth and West Streets while Respond
Ink TO Test Alarm From BOX No. o.
TIE only drawback to the test made
Yesterday afternoon of the Gamewell
Auxiliary alarm system At Stoeckle's
brewery was the accident by which
Harry, the handsome sorfel horse owned
by the Delaware Truck Company, was
killed The alarm had been sent In from
box No, and the companies had re-
sponded. There was a double incentive
to make quick time, the desire 10 make
the test thoroughly successful one,
and foremost Of that TO beat each other
In the race. There Is and ALWAYS has
been a dsep seated rivalry between the
different companies, and the members
aud friends OF each are always ready to
take up tho gauge OF battle and argue the
superiority Of their men, machiues and
horses
The Friendship hose carriage with
Charles White, driver aud tho Delaware
truck with hsrles Evans, driver, both
started from their houses at the drst tap
OF the bsll The former went over Tenth
street and down West, while the truck
took Sixth street from French Several
-
we're at the intersscsloA Of Sixth aud
West when they saw the two machines
coming and apprsclating that they would
meet there, motioned to both to slack up
The Friendship driver Understood aud
endeavored to pull his horse, which was
running for all be was worth, but the
pavement was so slippery and he was
going 30 fast. that IL was Imp lssibls
The Delaware driver saw the officer
motioning bus thinking IL was to some
person with q osrriigs threw the rsins
loose and let the three powerful horses
60 The two teams went together At
the corner. the Friendship horse and
cart sliding half sideways AS though an
attempt was being made TO turn over
Sixth The trick driver tried to turn
down West but couldn't do 50 quickly
enough and In q moment the snaft O
the cart caught the Delaware horse Just
hack of the foreleg, impaling II as on
spear The sideloDg tendency OF each
| team, drew the shaft from the horses
body, the force OF the impact throwing
10 against the wall OF the house occupied
| by Allen s. Smith, the blood squirting
| from the wound and covering the
pavement and the wall 10 the height Of
| 6 w. OF six feet Both tbs truck and
cart came 10 q temporary hait when the
latter backed out aud contlnusd over
West to Fifth and to the box
The Delaware boys unhltched the
injured horse where he lay. He died in
about a minute The truck was then
taken bsek TO the house. The news OF
the accident caused considerable ex
element as the scene Of the test, and
many expressions OF sympathy with the
DelAware's were heard No one seemed
more affected by the incident than Harry
J. stoeckle
Just VINO WAS to blame, II any one
was, has not been settled Cd hremen
clAilsed that the cart had the right Of
way, was running on \ smooth pavement
down hill, and could not b. expected to
pull up Oa the other hand, the truck
was crossing his track. was coming up
hill on a strain. and had the advantage
Of rough pavement. In the one case
the driver was simply steering his
snimSl; in the other the horses were
being urged.
Driver CAarlos Waite Of the Friend
sbip cart IN conversation with an EVEN
me JOURNAL reporter stated that he
saw Sergeant Massey wave bis hand and
At once put on brakea and pulled his
morse uOWns Nc pavement WAS hllpptfl
and the grade steep and both horse aud
cart simply slid along The Delawsres
slowed down at 6rst, and then Driver
Evans threw tue reias loose and the next
thing the teams were together At the
time Of the collision nsither team was
going at fall speed. The Dalawares could
easily have stopped or slowed down as
they we're running up grade
At the Delaware house bat little could
BE- learned excepting that the driver did
not think the warning was maant for
him There seemed to be ar inclination
TO reserve comment. although several Of
the men declared an intention Of as
csrtaining who WAS TO blame and who
was responsib ble for the loss. The horse
is one OF pair recently purchased, was
a fac specimen Of horsthssh and was
valued at $3.50
In addition TO covering the pavement
and front Of Allen Smiths house
with b ood quantity Of the
brick in TIE side oalk was broken
and Injured 80 as 10 require
| replacing The marble steps and windoN
sllls were stained by the blood, and II
Will require the attention Of q marble
dresser Defore IL is in the condition the
same as prior to the scsldent. This will
necessarily entail an expense on Mr.
Smith which the Fire Committee Of the
City Cour Gil should, and undoubtedly
l will meet At once