Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-04
| THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Dr Maloney and Carriage Rolled
 Down Hospital Hill.

In Company With Dr Russell Profes-
 sional Visit Was Being Made to the
 Institution-Dr Russell Had Just
 Alighted from the Carriage-The
 Horse Shied and Tipped the Outfit
 Over and Sent All Rolling One Hun
 dred Feet to the Bottom-It Was a
 Miraculous Escape.
 Dr Maloney and Dr Russell had a thrilling experience shortly before noon to-day, and when the facts are known people will say that they ought to be thankful, and no doubt they are, that they are not corpses this after noon, or maimed for life. The two physicians were making a visit to the hospital in Dr Russell's carriage, drawn by a horse that had been con- fined in the stable for some time past on account. of lameness, and had reached q point about hundred feet up the steep grade from the entrance to the grounds on Riverside street, when the horse shied and stood Shiv- efing as if he was about to show bad temper. sDr Russell stepped out of the carriage, intending to take the animal by the head. but he had scarcely alighted when the horse executed . side spring and the next moment ho1se and carriage and Dr Maloney were rolling down the embankment in the direction of Riverside street, while Dr Russell stood aWe-stricken on tke driveway watching the performance. The horse and vehicle tumbled rapid ly to the wall that runs along the street and then crashed against the picket fence and fell headlong into Riyersi 1e street At this juncture Dr Maloney got 8 chance to get out of the carriage, a feat which he performed in double quick time, and with the assistance Of Dr Russell, who reached the scene of the struggling horse1eSh as fast as his heels could carry him, prevented the horse from doing further damage. Dr Maloney came out of the mix-up with out q scratch, but the carriage was wrecked and the horse was cut and bruised and bled from the nose and one of the hind legs. When Dr Ma loney pulled lhimseff out of the team it was standing right side up, two of the wheels crushed into kindling wood and one of the horses legs held fast between the axle and one of the hubs. As soon as Dr Maloney collected his thoughts he noticed that his umbrella was missing and looking around he saw it sticking up in the hospital grounds, where it had fallen out of the carriage during the descent, the end of it driven into the lot after a fash 1 ion which would lead one to believe | that it had been done so that the own | CT could not miss seeing it.
 pr Maloney says if it had been an open carriage that he thinks he would have been Killed, the top of the ye- ] hicle saving him from being crushed against the stone wall.
 Did you hold onto the carriage, doctor9 asked a reporter of Dr Ma loney. while it was going down the hill?' T don't know he answered, what I did. All I know is that | 1t did not takea3 long to roll from the driveway, to the street l and I was well tired of the exercise when I reached the street and was
 mighty glad to get chance to givelit up.'
 Dr Russell declares that it did not take over a minute for the whole thing to happen, hut to him it seemed an age. He almost tainted when he looked at the horse and team rolling down the hill and his companion in the carriage After he saw the doc tor leave the carriage uninjured he
 breathed easier and didn't shed any tears over the damage to his outfit. l The carriage was removed to the re- I pair shop and the horse was taken to Loucks Ss Pinney's.
 The hospital authorities should put
 q railing along that driveway or close it up altogether and let all teams reach
 the institution along the entrance from West Main street.