The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08

A runaway that occurred in the CEN
tral part of the city about noon yes
terday was attended by very serious
consequences. one horse was killed,
two were injured, two carriages were
entirely demolished, two others were
damaged, a bicycle was wrecked and
its rider, George Gardner, the racing
man, was cut and bruised.
Shortly before noon willard Arnold,
who conducts "A livery stable in Oak
ford court, was driving westward
along Linden street going to his stable.
He was seated in a carriage and hH
means of strap was leading a horse
owned by Dunn Bros, attached to a
light carriage, which is also the prop
city of the above firm. There was no
one in the Dunn carriage; Arnold was
taking the outfit to his stable where
i; is kept.
Near Wyoming avenue the Dunn
horse became frightened and ran in.o
the rear of the carriage in which Arm
old was sitting. He tried to quiet the
horse, but his own animal became rest
less, and to add to his troubles an
electric car came along Linden street
at that moment The rear wheels of
the Dunn carriage had slid over on the
car tracks and the car struck the
carriage and knocked a few spokes
out of the wheel.
STARTED TO RUN.
The noise of the collision frightened
both horses and they started off at a
brisk run. At Penn avenue they
turned down that thorOughfare to-
wards Lackawanna. a horse and car
riaEe owned by b. Moses was standing
in front of Swartzkopfs store when
the two frightened horses and the two
carriages, the wheels of which were
locked, came sweeping UP the street.
Moses horse and carriage were car
ried along by the runaways and SO
were the horse and wagon of Henry
| Schellhase, the Green Ridge grocer
| which We're standing a few doors fu"-
| ther uD the street. In front of Arm
| brustS meat market two horses owned
| by Schwart2schild & Sulzberger, and
attached to one of their large meat de-
| livery wagons, were standing. Into
! these Arnold's horse ran one of the
| shafts of the carriage, piercing the side
| of one of the horses of Schwartzschild
& Sulzberger. The lung was torn and
| the animal died in ten minutes.
When this interruption of the run
| away occurred, the horse of B. Moses
| ran upon the sidewalk and was cap.
| tured in front of Zenke's restaurant
| The Schellhase horse and wagon con
| tinued down the avenue and was
stopped on Lackawanna. Dunn's horse
tore away from the ruck, smashinG
both carriages by the violent separa.
tion, and plunged across the street
where it ran into n tie post in f.on
of DR.. d. b. Hands residence.
ON SPRUCE STREET.
Arnold's horse, with the remnant!
| Of the carriage trailing after it, rar
| along Penn avenue to Spruce stree
and turned east on Spruce toward th'
court house. At Payne's stable it tool
a wheel off of a carriage and ther
| swerVed across the street and jumped
on a carriage owned by man named
! Eldred, which was standing close t,
the curbstone. The carriage was bad
| ly damaged.
Just at this time George Gardner
the racing man, came along Spruc,
street on his wheel. The horse ran
him down and Gardner was thrown il
| Oll lue SlltNdlh DS lllt IMPACT.
| narrowly escaped a telegraph pole
His wheel was badly broken. Ar
nold's horse continued ,up the stree
a short distance further and wa
stopped. The shoes had been tori
from its feet during it's furious run
and the hoofs were badly cracked.
Arnold had a narrow escape from
serious injury. He remained in hi
carriage until the collision occurred
with the horses in front of Armbrust'
meat market. After skilfully dodgin
the pole of the wagon he was throw
out under the horses feet. but man
aged to avoid being tramped upon.
In turning into Spruce street Arnold
horse narrowly missed running down
woman who was crossing the street
So close did the animal pass that on
Of his hoOfs was planted on the trail
Of her dress and turned her hal
around.