The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-04
WAS BAD RUNAWAY
Two Ladies and Two Children
Thrown From Buggy.
LADIES PAINFULLY HURT
The Horse Became frightened at an
Automobile.
Accident Happened Late Yesterday
Ladies i'm the Buggy Were Mrs.
Robert L.. Prcsson ard Mrs. C.. NJ.
MurriIi-I:Oth Were Hurt bu: it is
Not Thought Seriously.

a horse attached to a buggy, III
which were two ladies, Il small boy and
a little two year old girl, ran away on
Fifth street yesterday, throwing all
those in the buggy to the street. The
children were injured but slightly, but
both ladies were painfully if not Sc
riously injured. The ladies in the bug
gy were Mrs. G. NJ. Murrin and little
daughter, of Alb Church street, and
Mrs. Robert l.. PressOn and her broth
aer, who live on the Castle Haynes road,
at their fathers Mr.. L. A. Mont
gOmery. ~i~.
The horse became frightened at the
automobile of DR.. l.. FL. Love. AS a
usual thing Il horse does not take
fright at an automobile or anything
else which is in front of him and going
away from him, but this horse was the
exception to the rule. He not only took
fright at the machine in front Of him,
e but actually took out after the auto
mobile and passed it.
The ladies were coming down Fifth
street from Ann and when they reach
&c Orange street DR.. Love, who was
coming up Orange street in his auto
mobile, turned down Fifth in front
of the buggy. The horse imme-
diately became frightened and began
running after the automobile. When
o half way between Orange and
Dock streets lie turned to pass the ma
chine, but did not succeed in passing
until only Il few yards before reaching
Dock street. Here the horse dashed
by, causing Il wheel of the buggy to hit
the wheel of the machine. This caus-
ed the buggy to be thrown to the side
OF b street, first striking a telephone
pest and glancing from it and then
striking q small maple at the end of the
plaza at Fifth and Dock streets. The
tree was broken down and the single
tree also broken, causing the buggy to
come to a sudden halt. The horse
9 dashed out of the shafts and proceeded
down Fifth street. When the buggy
struck the tree all the occupants were
thrown violently to h macadamized
street. DR.. Love stopped his automo-
bile at once and rushed to the assist
ance of the ladies. The boy was thrown
10 the edge of the street where some
sand had c~ongregated and was not hurt
more than receiving a few bruises.
Both ladies and also the little girl were
mot SO fortunate.
When DR.. Love reached the ladies
Mrs. Robert l.. Poisson had tainted,
but Mrs. Murrin was able to get up
with assistance. The two ladies and
little child were carried into the house
of Mr.. George n. Harriss. Besides
DR.. Love, Drs. Bullock, Russell and
VESSEL were called in. Mrs. PressOn's
back was badly sprained and h re-
ceived Il severe nervou shock. She
was not able to walk. Mrs. Murrin's
condition did not appear az serious as
Mrs. PresSon'S, but it is feared that
il will prove more serious. Her
back was also sprained and she recelv-
ed a number of bruises on the body.
The little daughter of Mrs. Murrin had
ON of her knees hurt aud had Il bad
bruise on her face.
Or. VESSEL took Mrs. Murrin II
her daughter III his buggy and carried
them to their home, No. 413 Church
street. Mrs. PreSSOn was carried to
the home of a relative in the city. She
re9ained consciousness soon after be-
ing carried into Mr.. HarriSs' house. The
young son of Mr.. Montgomery secured
Il horse and buggy from the livery sta
BILE and went to his fathers. Mr.. +.
A. Montgomery, father of the boy and
Mrs. Presson, is superintendent Of the
county home. Mrs. PressOn is the
wife of Mr.. Robert l.. Presson, who
was a machinist and met death in an
explosion which occurred while he was
repairing a leak in an oil tank of the
Standard Oil Company. He was not
Llled in the explosion, but was burned
so badly that he died. This was early
last spring.
In the accident yesterday the buggy
was injured very little, nothing having
been broken but the shafts. The
horse proceeded on out Of the city and
the Castle Haynes road AMI was
caught by Cipio Sterling, colored, near
Smiths creek bridge. The horse came
very near causing Il second accident
before he was caught. The lines We're
dangling on the ground and became
caught in the wheels Of a buggy III
which two ladies were riding. Fortu-
1,ateIy the ladies were going in the
same direction as the runaway horse
Cipio Sterling was walking along the
Castle HAYNES road and caught the
horse soon after the reins became en-
tangled in the wheels of the buggy. IG
look at the docile farm horse Woulo
never think HI would run away, bu'
it is the quiet looking horse that Otter
becomes the most frantic once
badly frightened.