Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-06
4 NARROW ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experience Of FIVE Year
Old Boy.
ALONE WITH A RUNAWAY TEAM.
In Immlneni Ranger of Being Killed
--feam Turned into Coal Yard
AID the Rough Ride Lndcd.

Filth = nth street, wes', was the
ecens OF Intense excitoment,Rllor abort
time last evening. a team bclOagiDg
to Miller 81 Miller, coHl deaiorF, ran
away, bringing w IN ia manure heap
In the coal gard. a 5-rear-olj boy,
Lonnie Kiipatricb, sUA OF toe driver
OF the team, wsB in the veg IA, but
escaped W it'll only slight btuise on
the head.
About 7 O'Clock ilpstrick had
finished delivering u load Of coil on
Filth South street, near West Temple.
His little by wns In the wagon on the
seat, the reins lying loosely over The
Dashboard. Mr.. Fitzpatrick went e.
me back OF the wagon to close the
eaigste to the box, whom the team
started suddenly, nnd dashed d3wn
tins street westward at terrific pace.
By the ttart, the boy was thrown
% the seat into the .gon box, re-.
calviDg slight bruise on the head,
but nOtning serious. While he lay la
the bot. OF the tox, passers-by
Nic"tu " lti CuLh pttau We JUN plhCtuCy
the runniug team; bus Uy the time the
outfit hnd rsachsd First West, the
little fellow nau climDsd TO the front
emu OF the wagon and etood there,
boiling ou 20 the dnAnboRId with MI
Dis strength, while the box and wagon
bounced up ana uowp. The boy
chung on, screaming 'Wnob! Wbo |"
to HE mHCdeued team, at lte top OF
nis voice.
This chiid's cries ard the sight OF
the little bare mead brought out the
Tesldsnts rom b iih sides of the street.
These were elTickeu with terror lts.
| The irigbttuej Team should rush into
telegraph, electric liaht, Telegraph or
street car Eoles that me the street.
| heE rushed out aud tore alter the
runaway 10 iedperats etfJrt to save
tue child. Near the coal yard, a. the
corner OF Third West and Fi'tu Slutn
strgeie, humber OF young mep were
cJrgTegated. Ju'tst this point tue
team healed straight Tor u Telegraph
| pole, but Bome Of the ytuag men
| brew themselves in front o.
tne nofses ana succeeded in turning
them. The gates to the coal yaru
were closed. nut there was mp Ia
the fence through which an o tg,n
| short Line switch goes iuto the yard.
Into this gap weat he team, tut
wagon bumpiug on the rails and along
the tiee, anu the child still holding on
and screaming.
The turn gave this pursuing crowd
an opportunity to gain few ieet on
the team, anu over and through the
the fence went the men, at full speed.
The foremost OF thum reached the barn
lust Us the horfes plunged into y large
maBute hesp, where strong hanus
selzsd them, ana the child was rescued
comparatively uuhuTt,
MI Fitzpatrick followed the team as
quickly as he could from the time 1t
stsrteU, but could not catch 1t. His
wife, The chlld's mother, was also a
eIr,r'slricken witness OF the closing
scenes OF the race. she could hardly
control herself when her little one was
passed to her arms, safe, though terri
bly, frightened by the ordeal. 1t is
hoped that the episode which easily
might have resulted Ia the death Of
ths child, will be warning to this
tesmstet and others never again to
leave u team upfastenej.