The evening world., 1909-01-13
BRIDGE RUNAWAY
TIES UP TRAFFIC
FOR HALF AN HOUR
Horse Killed, Five Plumbers
and One Street Cleaner
Hurt; Wagon Wrecked.
PLUMBER WAS DRIVING.
loot of Auto Started Trouble
Men Pitched Clear
Over Gate.
PLUMBER WAS DRIVING.

That plumber Is out OF his sphere
when he attempts to drive n horse was
proved on the Williamsburg Bridge TO.
day. A fine horse, killed, FIVE plumb
ers injured, street cleaner slightly
hurt, wagon wrecked and vehicula,
traffic tied up for half an hour, happen
to be incidental arguments In favor OF
plumber sticking to his plumbing.
Joseph Sheldon, master plumber,
with a shop at Twenty eighth street and
Eighth avenue. is the man upon whom
the brunt OF the lesson falls Right at
the threshold Of cold snap, with people
clamoring for plumbers to fix pipes and
boilers, Sheldon has lost his horse, the
services OF Ave Of his best men and the
use of a new wagon.
There is big Job OF plumbing in
Brownsville, Brooklyn, for which Mr..
Sheldon has the contract. He loaded
his wagon with five plumbers and a lot
OF tools and materials to-day and
started toward Brownsville. The
plumbers were Jacob Pallatz. Of No. eli
West Thirty-seventh street; Julius
Newmark, of No. 30 Clinton street;
Samuel Fogel, Of No 2l2 East Four
teenth street; Morris Brody, OF No. $40
East One Hundred and Thrty-ninth
street. and Alexander Freid. of No. oO3
East Tenth street.
Knew All About Driving,
Something was the matter with the
regular driver OF the wagon and Pal
latz volunteered to take his place. Pal.
latz said he knew all about driving, but
his assertion Is open to dispute The
horse was big brown, mettlesome
animal recently from the country.
Crossing the Williamsburg Bridge, New.
mark sat on the seat with Pallat2. the
driver. The other three men were
huddled up back in the bed Of the
vehicle, lodging the cold. As the
Brooklyn tower was approa ched an
automobile moved UP behind the wagon
and the chauffeur sounded his horn.
The big plumbers horse made a leap
forward and broke into a mad run.
PALATE, who had only loose hold on
the reins, was powerless 10 stop him.
Freid, one OF the plumbers, seeing that
the runaway was beyond control, leaned
gracefully from the wagon, alghting
on his head and lying quietly in the
roadway.
Halfway down the incline leading to
the Williamsburg plaza Thomas Rou-
han, q street cleaner, was at work
with his broom. He had a heavy cap
over his ears and did not hear the
approaching runaway. The horse
struck him and knocked him fat, while
his broom sailed over the bridge rail-
ing and dropped to the street below.
Smashed Into the Gate.
The four plumbers remaining IN the
wagon did their best to stop the MAJ.
dened horse, but their efforts were of
no avail. In the meantime a police
man on the bridge telephoned word OF
the runaway to the Williamsburg end
and the big safety gates were swung
shut.
Down the incline at top speed ran the
runaway and into the heavy gate he
crashed. dropping with broken leg,
long cut in his breast and the wreck OF
the wagon on top Of him. The four
plumbers kept right on going over the
gate, alighting in the roadway some
distance in advance OF tie point Of col
lision.
Newmark sustained what may prove
to be a fracture OF the skull but in
sisted on going home in street car.
Pallatz suffered a sprained knee. Fogel
severe scalp wounds and Brody numer.
Gus Commissions l'reid got a slight con.
cussIon OF the brain but refused to go
to a hospital. The street cleaner got
off with slight injuries, due to the plen.
titude OF clothes he wore, The horse
was shot,
DR. BULL MUCH BETTER