The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-13
A Ponderous Machine Dashes Down Street, ENGINEER IN CHARGE
 BRAVES GREAT PERIL Three People Injured When Jugger- nant Crashes Over Sidewalk, Haa Been Used Ia smoothias surfa ce sf Alabama Street and Re-
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Breathing fire from it's furnace. be- yond control of its engineer. steam roller tons in weight and irresistible in power. dashed down Lawrence Street, enc of Msntgomery's most prominent thoroushfares. yesterday afternoon, . and. while scores of people watched it's maa progress and wondered of che tragic tale the termination of its flight would tell. crashed over a sidewalk in to the soft drink establishment of Sam Straass at the corner of Dexter Ave nue and Lawrence Street. No one was seriously hurt.
 The running a-muck of the road ma. chine was one of the most spectacular scenes witnessed in Montgomery In years
 The escape of the people who were in the way of it's headlonG rush is stln more to be marvelled at
 Last night. with its power spent, its machinery crushed. 1t remained where brick and mortar had proved its mas- ter.
 A wrecked building and minor per sona injuries are. fortunately. all tho rssuits of it's madness.
 The engine chose a fitting setting for it's performance, for it's flight was mel odrama. pure and simple. There was all the nre, noise excitement. thrills there to make Lincoln J. Carter remesn- bsr he had forgotten something of stage craft.
 The finale was the same. Everyone escaped just in time and the audience appiauded wildly. when 1t was seen no harm was done.
 Scores of people witnessed the spec tacle and hundreds were on the scene soon after the curtain came down. The night began al Washington and Law renee Streets. wheR Engineer Howard Horn lost control of the roller. It ended when 1t had demolished the fruit stand and soft driak place at Dexter Avenue and Lawrenes Street.
 Walks swept Away.
 Iron posts. partitions and waAs were swept away by the weight of the rollee. The fixtures and glass counters of the place were demolished and piled in a mass of wreckaEe. The fruit stand on the corner was entirely de- stroyed with fruit. cigars and canned goods seettered everywhere. The roller. after its destruction. imbedded itself in the wall at the eud of the room.
 Sam Strauss. proprietor of the soft drink stand. and John Dess. a brtcklay- CT, were in the store a6 the time of the accident. Both men sa the engiae dashing across the sidewalk toward them, Before they could move thsS Were struck by the faAlihg partitions ana walls and buried beneath the de- brie.
 Strauss was pain fully cut on the arms and legs and bruised. He was lmme- diately saken to 6 nearby drug store apd asven surgical attention. Later he was removed te his home at 20s Clay tor Stret A physician w4s called. and i 1t is thought he is iajWysd anore severe ly than first supposed. 1t is said he will be confined Co his bed for several days.
 Dses was waitiny at the place for a street car When removed from under the broken Axtures he wes in a sent- conscious condition. 4 patrol wagon was called and he was taken to his home. 1897 Bell Strsst. As was afso bruised and cut.
 One of the proprietors of the fruit stand was sitting inside his stand did Over the cigar counter he went just as the rollor crasaed Into his place He escaped injury Two negroes sm- pioyed th the Strauss place. also escaped without any serious injuries.
 The accident occurred about 4 o'clock. The roller belonged to the city and was being used in the work of rolling Ala barna Street. Howard Horn. in charge of the roller. had started with it north 
 the curve at Washington Street.
 Horn a HeEo.
 Shutting off all the steam and put ting on the reverse lever. he was un- able to turn the corner owing to the increased speed. Down the Lawrence Street ssade 1t plunged. Horn stuck bravely to his post Near the post office he managed to steer the roller around a street car which was waiting g on the switch At the corner the brake broke At the corner the roller was altered from its straight course on running over the curve in the car tracks and headed Cor the building on the corner Horn jumped from the car and escaped injury.
 The roiser cleared the sidewalk and plunged into the building. People in nearby stores rushed out. while pedss- trians and others who had watch ed the roller hastsned to the scene of the accident. Soon a large crowd had gathered. The police were called out and assistance was rendered to the in- 3ured Tn uafII tha late h0ura oF kl.a