The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-08
RlSKED LIFE TO
STOP A RUNAWAY
Gallant George Ward Jumps from
Dray to Dashing Rig to
Grab the Reins.

1 That the age of chiyalry has not
passed was evinced yesterday after
noon by the heroic conduct of young
I George Ward, a truck driver for Vim
cent & Belser.
Mrs. C. s. Crane was driving from
her residence into town at about halt
i past four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
when. on coming down Beretania
street near the corner of Pensacola, the
horse became frightened by a number
OF bundles of washing falling out of
the rear end of a laundry wagon The
animal Immediately bolted and start
ed down Beretania street at a terrific
pace. Mrs. Crane, never losing her
presence of mind for a single moment,
wound the reins around her wrists and
grasped them with all her might, man
aging to guide the startled beast along
the right hand side Of the road and
keep the buggy clear of all other vehi-
cles.
The plucky woman called to the ami
NAL and did her best to calm him
down, never allowing her hold on the
reins to slacken.
George Ward was driving a heavy
truck down Beretania street; he was on
the right hand side of the road, inside
of the car track. Just as his team was
passing Mr.. Thrum's residence. he
heard behind him the crash of the
runaway. Turning his head and at the
same time bringing his team to a
standstill, Ward saw the Infatuated
animal attached to Mrs. Cranes bug
gy, guided by the steady hand of the
occupant of the vehicle, making a
threatening dash for the narrow space
between the dray and the curbstone.
It wanted but a second or two TO de-
termine the outcome. Eyen If the buggy
succeeded in passing the dray it would
in all probability be wrecked in a
hundred feet or so; that wild pace
could not be kept up with safety. A
woman's life was in danger; something
must be done.
To think that Ward was to act.
Throwing his reins over the backs of
the big animals attached to the truck,
the young man rose to hiss feet and
just as the swaying. rafting buggy was
flying past only a few inches from the
wheels of his own vehicle, he made a
lightning leap for the step of the rig.
He missed the step, however, but
succeeded in snatching the reins from
Mrs. Cranes hands before he fell be-
tween the whirling wheels. Though
the rear wheel bumped on over his
PROSTATE body, the young hero held on
to the ribbons with the strength born
of resolve and was dragged along by
the maddened horse until the buggy
struck rig belonging to VI. NJ. Dow,
near the Beretania street pumping sta
ton, and crashed into a telephone post,
oyerturning, and throwing Mrs. Crane
rs the ground.
n Mrs. Crane was very fortunately I'M
I injured beyond a few slight bruises
land a shaking up. Ward was rather
badly bruised where he had been
bumped along the road for a couple of
hundred feet, although he claimed that
his injuries amounted to nothing
worth speaking of.
Had it not been for Wards checking
the runaway by the strength of his
arms and the weight of his body being
dragged along the ground, the lady
would doubtless not have escaped so
fortunately.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Crane deeply ap-
preciate the gallant and self sacrificing
deed of the young hero and Mr.. Crane
endeavored to persuade him to accept
a substantial token of Mrs. Cranes and
his own appreciation. But Ward grace
fully declined to be rewarded in any
way for what he had done. 1T was my
DUTY" he said