The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
FIVE RUNAWAYS
IN EIGHT HOURS
J. S. Demaree and Boy Mar
owIy Escaped Injury.
MANY BUGGIES SMASHED
Delivery Horse Caused Most
Damage and Excitement

Five accidents, resulting from runa-
ways. in one day, and without any one
being seriously hurt, was the record made
yesterday, and it is one that is seldom
equaIled. In this long list Of accidents
only two persons We're hurt and their in
juries were not serious. The bugies and
wagons were the heaviest sufferers, five
of them being badly damaged. None of
the horses were hurt in their efforts TO
equal Cresceus' record, but one became
sick from exhaustion.
The accident which caused the most
excitement and damage occurred on
Douglas avenue between and o'clock
and resulted in the smashing of two bug
gies and one wagon, and the injuring Of
two people Soon after o'clock a black
horse hitched to delivery wagon, came
dashing down Market street from the
north. Mr.. Whiteman was on Market
street, a little above where il crosses
Douglas avenue, waiting for his two
daughters, who work at the Bell Tele-
phone exchange, when the runaway
horse collided with his buggy, damaging
the running gear so that it Will be neces-
sary to keep the vehicle in the repair
shop for several days. This collision did
not stop the horse and delivery wagon,
but it turned east on Douglas avenue,
which was crowded with wagons and
carriages. A boy on horseback gave
ba
running horse, but could not stop the
frightened animal as it had no bride on
and did not pay any attention to blow
over the head.
Douglas avenue for several blocks was
lined with people, who were watching the
mad course of the horse. For three and
a half blocks a mix-up was avoided, but
a few feet west of the Carey hotel the
front wheel of the delivery wagon caught
a buggy in which was Mail Carrier p. S.
Demaree and his little son, in front Of
the hind wheel, jerking the buggy quick
w around, throwing the occupants force
fully to the asphalt pavement, and up
turning and badly dana ging both vehi-
cles The boy fell on his face, bruising
it and loosening his teeth, while the
father fell on his hip slightly spraining
it Those who witnessed the accident
thought il was miraculous that the two
escaped without being seriously injured.
The contents OF the delivery wagon,
watermelons, glassware, tinware. soap,
canned goods. tobacco and lard, were all
mingled together in fragments on the
pavement A crowd soon gathered and
attended to the injuries of Mr. Demaree
and his boy. and gathered up the two
vehicles. The horse which did the dam
age was taken to the Emporia avenue
barn where it was cared for until the
owner arrived.
About II O'Clock in the morning the peo-
pie on Douglas avenue witnessed another
runaway. A horse belonging to Newt
Garst came dashing down the avenue
from the east. with its harness on but not
hitched up. A little west Of Means drug
store the horse collided with a phaeton,
hitched to a telegraph pole, breaking of
the hind wheel and badly twisting the
axle The horse was not hurt and was
taken to the Palace livery barn by Of
ficer Osborne.
About $3.50 in the afternoon Market
street had its second accident. Wells
Fargo express wagon, driven by Carnle
Mahan. collided with a buggy IN which
there was a lady, smashing the rig up
badly.
AT about 10 O'Clock in the morning a
horse ran away on North Main street
with a buggy in which there was young
man. No damage was done, although
several narrow escapes were reported.
At about clock in the afternoon two
horses hitched to a wagon heavily loaded
with baled straw became frightened on
East Douglas avenue and ran west. The
load was too heavy, however. and one
of the horses fell from exhaustion just