The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-07

. span or Horses Ran Seven squares
with A Yonng LadyAlone I'm q Trap.
The Vehicle Smashed Against q Tree
and the Lady Painfully Hurt-Her
Miraculous Escape From Death.

Yesterday afternoon about 4:30 O'Clock
There vas a runaway in the streets of
Wilmington that thrilled tie spectators
with horror By special request. We
omit names u the facts were these:
A gentleman while dr.yIrg a lady in
a trap stopped his span of horses at
lSecond and Red Cross streets and went
into a residence to be gone a few min
Iutes, leaving the lady in the trap. In
some way the lady dropped one of the
Ireins and the horses started of. She
naturally pulled on the rein in her hand
and turned the horses down Second
street. The spirited animals not being
under control. got faster and faster and
before they had gone a block were in
full tilt and then went in a mad run
down Second street. AT the livery sta
BILE of the 5. p. Cowan Company sew
leral men ran out &c stop the horses
but did not succeed. AT Second and
Princess street others tried to stop the
Runaway but they turned out Princess
street at break-neck speed. DR.. w. d.
Mcmillan was in his buggy in front of
his office in the old court house and was
turning around to leave when he got
a glimpse of the flying team. Duck as
a flash he ran him horse on the pave
ment near Mr.. Tom Quinlivan's black
smith shop, and barely missed being
run into a midships, SO to speak. AS the
trap dashed by one of the wheels struck
a teamleSs wagon standing in front of
Mr.. A. ]. Marshalrs law office but the
lonly damage done was the knocking of
the cap off one of the hubs of the trap.
In front of the old court house Mr..
Williams who drives a wagon for the
carolina Ice Company g~allantly at
tempted to stop the horses and was
knocked down. AS the horses madly
ran on up Princess street, Mr.. Joe
shepard ran out at Third and Princess
street to stop them and attempted to
seize the ANIMALS but failed to do so.
All the firemen of Engine Company No.
Il, also ran out intending to leap on the
lruaways but they were too late.
Meanwhile the lady sat upright in
the trap, apparently very cool and
bravely holding on to both sides of the
seat of the vehicle. Men rushed after
the trap as it passed expecting every
minute to see the lady dashed to pieces.
When the reached h cross
ing of Fifth street they turned out of
Princess to go down Fifth street. In
doing SO one horse ran on one side of
a tree and the other on the opposite
side with the result that both horses
were thrown and the pole and double
tree of the vehicle were broken into
~lsplinterS. The horses broke loose from
their harness in an instant and went
flying on, leaving the broken trap en-
tangled with the tree. When the col
llision with the tree occurred, the mo-
mentom was such that the lady went
Iout head foremost and struck the hard
macadamiZed street. In an instant
mortified ladies raj out from the ad-
iljacent residences and men who had fol-
flowed also ran up, SO that in a minute
Tor two the street was packed with peo-
pie. The lady was found lying on her
back but when taken hold, much to the
surprise of everybody, she assisted in
lgetting herself OF her feet. Whey she
was not killed is a miracle. OF course
lshe was hurt and bleeding p~rofusely.
She was carried into Captain j. G. Nor
Erison's residence on the corner, and DR..
Mcmillan, who had followed in his bug
gy, and another physician who had also
hurried to the scene, were present to
lrender attention. The lady had a con-
fused wound at the back of her head,
just a little to the right side n there
were other bruises on her, body but not
a bone was broken. She was taken to
her home and we are gratified to learn
that last night she was getting along
well.
Yesterday afternoon another lady
lalSo made a miraculous escape. She
was in a surry at Fourth and Dock
SIiCClS LII oOilIcOilS idh lllO IleI IOISc
with a team frightening him SO that
he became unmanageable and finally
ran away. He dashed down Dock
lstreet, and thence up Third street and
the lady seeing that the animal would
run into ST. James church, at Third and
Market street, leaped out of the buggy.
She was just in the nick of time, for the
horse dashed against the church and
tore the surry to pieces. The lady got
loft with a Sprained ANGLE. AS we omit
the name of the lady in the other run
we also do so in this instance,
although no request to that effect was
made of us.