New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-01
KAN AWAY ON THE BRIDGE.
TWO FRIGHTENED TEAMS CAUSE A
GREAT COMMOTION
ONE OF THEM WAS ATTACHED TO WILLIAM S.
PYLEs COACH. IN WHICH WAS HIS cHIt--
DREN's GovERNEss-A BRIDGE 70
LrCEMAN BADLY HURT.

PYLEs COACH. IN WHICH WAS HIS CIIIL-
DREy's GovERNEss-A BRIDGE 70
LIcEMAN BADLY HURT
double runaway occurred on the south
drive of Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon
and created considerable excitement Two
coaches were smashed. two drivers hurt and a
policeman of the Bridge force received injuries
% such serious nature that he was relieved
from duty and was taken to his home.
1t was five minutes after o'clock when the
team OF horses attached to n coach on the south
drive near the Brooklyn anchorage. took fright.
The driver Of the coach was William Dubben OF
No 800 West Fifty-se ,ond-st., and the occupants
of the vehicle were Mr.. and Mrs c. /. Hudson.
Of No 36 West Fifty-second-st. 1t is not known
what scared the horses, but at the first dash they
made they succeeded in getting the bits be-
tween their teeth and were almost Immediately
beyond the drivers control.
Dubben continued to saw on the reins. how
ever. and he shouted to the drivers of the other
vehicles on the drive to pull out Of his way and
give him cleHr course. in order that there might
be no collision. All of the drivers succeeded In
getting out of the way with the exception OF one
the private coachmaa of William S. Pyle. the
manufacturer, living at No East FIFTY
third-st
The coach contained the governess of Mr.
Pyles children, Miss Kate Haggerty, who was
on her way to the house of Mr.. Chauncey,
real estate broker living in Brooklyn. at whose
house the two little children Of Mr. Pyle were
spending the day. The coachman's name Is
Russell Corcoran. He tried his best to draw to
one side and allow the runaway team to pass
him but he could not succeed.
The pole of tn, Hudson coach struck the Pyle
coach in the rear with such force that both
drivers were hurled to the roadway. The force
Of the collision stopped the horses In the Hud-
son coach. and the driver scrambling to his
feet managed 10 hold the animals and prevent
them from starting to run again. The horses in
the Pyle coach. however. had been badly fright
ened at the shock. and rs they had no driver 10
cortro them they started to run, and soon
were going at even more desperate speed than
that which the Hudson horses had displayed.
Miss Haggerty showed great cooness. She did
not scream attempt to jump from the rapidly
moving coach. but simply sat still and awaited
developments. The crowds of pedestrians VINO
We're on the walks began to shout for the police
but the police were not able, owing to the dis
tance from signal stations. to signal for the
gates to he shut at the end Of the drive. The
horses increased their speed and as they neared
the end Of the drive they were seen by Police
man John Collins and he ran into the roadway
to attempt to stop them.
He succeeded in bringing the furious beasts 10
n stop at the stone W I'll at the High-st entrance
in Brooklyn. I. was at considerable cost to
himself. however he was badly injured. Miss
HagEerty was assisted from the ruins of the
coach by Collins and escorted to the office
Of Sergeant Phillips where he made a report of
the runaway. Miss Haggerty said that she
not injured and that she needed no help OF any
kind. She took streetcar 10 the Chauncey
home
After she was gone Policeman Collins was
suddenly taken III. He was assisted to n chair
and IL was then found that his body was a mass
Of bruises. that his left wris' WIS broken, his
left hip badly bruised, and he had been
so crushed against the wall that he had proba-
hly sustained internal injuries He was taken
to his home by two other policemen, and was
n very sick man last night. Both coaches were
almost entirely wrecked
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson. who had also escaped
injury. returned to this city by way of the
Bridge cars Both OF the drivers escaped serious
injury. having received nothing worse than a
bad shaking up and a few minor bruises.