Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-22
COLORED EYES.
A P~icnirker's Accident-Runaway
Horses Drowned Near Springer.
A RAIN STORMS.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, July 21.-John
York is carrying around a beautifully
colored eye this morning, and is also
ccngratulating himself that he is alive.
The jolly picnicing party that left sat
urday afternoon, consisting of Jorn
York and family, Miss Louie Dick and
c. +. Hummel. came near having a ia
tai ending. The party were en- route
to Heinlen's and had just about reach
ed the top of the Nine Mile hill, when
the double tree broke in two places,
throwing Mr.. Hummel out forward and
letting the wagon start rapidly back
ward down hill. One of the rear wheels
broke, and the buggy turned over a
couple of times in its mad rush back
wards. At the first break Mr.. York
jumped and in doing so was caught by
the wheel and thrown under the wa
gon and pinned down by the front seat.
striking his head on a rock and bruis-
ing it up. The ladies remained in the
buggy and were rolled around in the
top and on some blankets which fortu-
nately furnished a soft place on which
to strike. so none OF them were injur-
ed in the least. Not a scream was
given or a word spoken until the ladies
saw Johns purple face peering out
from under the debris. Mr.. Hummel
came running back and the wagon was
soon lifted off of Mr.. York and he said
ne wasn't hurt, only his beauty tenn
porarily demolished and a bit sore.
The crowd pluckily decided to go on to
their destination and Mr.. Hummel rode
over four miles to Sapello and tele-
phoned for another rig. which was sent
and the party arrived at Heinlen's at
$50. They also got what they vent
after-fsh-ine trout, and had an old
fashioned fish fry. Mr.. York says the
only thing that saved his life was his
throwing his head way hack as he fell,
saving his skull from being cracked.
T. A. Hayden, the Singer sewing ma
chine man, left here the middle of last
week with a team of Indian horses,
one of which he had just purchased.
and headed for Union county. He got
no farther than Springer with his fine
outfit. AS he was nearing the outskirts
of the town Saturday evening during
the terrible hail storm there, the
horses became unmanageable from the
vigorous pelting of the large hail
stones and started on a dead run for
the river, into which they plunged.
wagon and all and were drowned. Mr..
Hayden jumped when he foresaw the
catastrophe and was not injured. The
swift current took the horses rapidly
down the stream 3 ne found the
dead animals about three miles be-
low with the remains of the harness
and wagon. Ii was a very narrow es'
cape for Mr.. Hayden, and he has hard
~ Gained down yet. the loss amounts
to considerable as the team was a
valuable one. Mr.. Heyden is not bluff
ed out. but has secured another team
il Springer and will finish his trip.
There were no machines in the wagon,
fortunately, at the time of the acct
dent.
The rainfall Saturday night is offic-
tally reported at 1874 inches and Sat
urday nights rain was Is of an inch.
The reservoirs for the water supply
caught considerable water. but not
as much as was believed, owing to the
storm coming in a different direction.
The Gallinas river is well washed out,
and there is plenty of water for all pur-
poses. The supply was getting a little
low before the rain, but everything is
all right now.
The storm at Springer, later reports
say, was even worse than at first re-
ported. The hail was so strong that
iron awnings were easily perforated.
1t is said that the streets We're run
ming with chunks of ice formed by the
hail and a burro was drowned right in
the streets and carried of to the river.
The river there also got so high il
flowed over in the town. Springer
certainly had a narrow escape.
Sanjuela.
The hail was so heavy here Il killed
the sheep. which had been sheared,
like lies. Mrs. Jose Maria Martinez
lost a large number. The crops in the
neighborhood were also badly dam
aged.
Ponds Ranch.
Ponds ranch, near Shoemaker, got
the full force of the heavy hail and
rain storm in that vicinity. Large pine
trees were entirely skinned by the
hail, and considerable damage done in
the neighborhood.
Santa Fe.
Santa Fe CAME in for a fine rain yes
terday evening. The rain came down
in torrents for three hours and thor
oughly soaked the ground.
Other Places.
Other rains are reported at a liz
nacio. Chappelle, Ribera, Shoemaker
Porvenir, Bernalillo, .Sapello and Los
Alamos.
Misses Swinford and Miss Davis
were out in all the hard rain Saturday
night. They were returning from an
excursion, and the rain came up be
fore they could put the side curtains
49, nh A.--l- -ZE..-1a a.. 90 .-,s--,
the wind and rain, so they stopped and