The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11
THE HORSES DAY.
A Chapter of Exciting Runaway Accidents

There was bad runaway on Fore
street Saturday afternoon. Patrolnan
Skillins tried to stop the horse, and had
a narrow escape from being seriously in
Jured. He strained the cords of his right
leg and wes forced to take hack for the
station and Deputy Hartnett sent him
home. He was quite comfortable last
evening. The team was stopped ON Com
mercial street before doing much dam
age.
A Lorse belonging to Mr.. Sears, a car
penter, ran away on Commercial street
yesterday afternoon. When opposite the
OLD station the animal fell and Richard
Welsh made an attempt when it got UP
to seize the lines He succeeded but the
horse took him in front of jigger and
tho wagon was left there, only the shafts
remaining attached to th6fharness. The
horse seemed to fairly go mad and before
Mr. Weloh could release himself, the lines
having become twisted about his arm,
he was dragged in front Of one Of Ran
dali & McAlllster"s teams and then al
most under the feet of the horses attached
to one Of John Gooding's jiggers. The
horse then freed himself from the shafts
and rushed down the street and was at
last captured by Mr.. Whitehall. The
wagon was wrecked and the horse was
badly cut. Mr.. Welsh was last evening
suffering from the effects of his attempt
to stoE the runaway. One arm was bad
ly bruised and he has d lame shoulder to
remind him Of the encounter.
A team belonging to MIR. Frank ELS
OF Oxford street was being driven down
Free street, Saturday afternoon by a
young man named Preston Dole. When
near Centre street the clip on the axle
broke, frightening the horse, and he gave
jump and started TO clear himself from
tha wagon. Mr.. Dole, in his endeavors
to control the, frightened animal, was
THROWN TO the ground, and his face and
head cut and quite badly bruised. Tho
horse freed himself from the wagon and
with the shafts hanging made wild
dash down free street. AS he turned in-
to Middle street, he made dash for the
sidewalk which Was full of people; but
when opposite Merry's hat store. he
turned into the street again. Part of the
harness gave way and the wagon shafts
fell to the ground, one of them breaking
off end hanging to the harness, and
swinging wildly in every direction as the
animal dashed down the street. The horse
Kept up his mad fight but managed to
keep clear Of all teams in his course and
was finally caught on India street, not
much the WORSE for his wild run.
Saturday forenoon one of the E. G.
Chase teams ran away on Center street
aud made straight for Commercial.
While crossing Fore treet the team col
l!ded with one Of the Lowell bicycle
teams, knocking down one of the horses
and breaking the shafts. The driver of
LoVelps team sprang from his seat and
caught his horse just as it got up. He
was dragged some distance by the thor
oughly frightened animal and was some
what bruised He managed to stop his
horse at last, and later repaired the
damage to his wagon.
Mr.. Chass's team kept OH and before
reaching Commercial street collided with
one Of the city teams from the aims
house, badly wrecking the wagon. A
man was knocked down and badly cut
about the head and face.