Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
RUNAWAY TEAM CRASHES INTO
PLATE GLASS.
ESCArGo ARE MIRACULOUS
Iwenty-Three Lineal Feet of Plate
Glass Shattered Into
Small Bits.

At noon Friday team of farm
horses belonging to the Rogue River
Fruit Lands company made a wild
runaway from the top of Kinney
nil In the north part of the city,
down into the business portion on
Sixth street, on across the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks and crashed
into and wrecked the entire plate
glass front Of the business office of
The Courier. Editor C. G. Coutant.
VINO was seated near the big win
dows, made jump for his life and
escaped, but was showered with the
heavy Jagged glass as he rushed
away T. F. Hanley. United Press
man, and Miss Birdsall, whose desks
were by the windows. had Just left
the room, thereby escaping.
The scene was one of blood and
terror and hundreds of persons from
downtown streets hurried to the Of
flee to behold the wreck and to lend
aid to occupants of the office, as the
belief was instant that possibly
some one had been killed or maimed.
AS the wild runaways reached the
curb just an instant before they
went into the glass one horse fell,
but the momentum of the other ami
NAL and the oncoming wagon shot
the prostrate horse against the win
dow sill, while the head, front feet
and a portion OF the body of the |
other one went into the office. Both |
animals were cut and bleeding, and |
the one which landed inside poured
out blood in a wide circle on the
floor, and the CORY fluid spattered
desks, chairs. settees, papers, books
and most everything else within
radius of s feet
The escape of the occupants of
the office was the happy part of a
grewsome wreck Miss Birdsall
who would have been caught in the
crash had she been at her desk, had
just stepped into the composing
room Mr. Hanley, whose desk is
only 2 inches from the glass, had
gone to lunch, leaving Editor Cou-
tant the only one who was in iminent
danger.
A. w. Bartlett, In charge of the
books, made a dash backward and
saved himself from flying chunks of
glass. Mr.. VOORHEES, and all other
of the building were eth
sr in the composing room or absent I
The sound of the crash was heard '
ly occupants Of buildings four blocks :
lway.
The PROSTATE team was seized by r
Wiling hands, extricated from the !
harness and taken next door into /
livery barn, where they I
we're attended by Veterinarian J. H. v
who later reported that, g
lespite the loss OF blood, the ami p
nails we're not in a serious condi-
ion.
The team started on It's mad
light from the top Of Kinney hill,
/ a residence on west A street. The :
river Of the team is Harry Orr, and
o The Courier he stated that he
sd several boxes of apples from the
anch which he was delivering. He
topped in front OF r. w. Clarkes :
on West A street, set the =
rake and tied the reins to the Il
rake handle. Then he went inside II
18th box of apples. A delivery p,
'agon then came up behind the >,
tanding team and frightened the n
Eo horses, says Orr. They plunged n
head Immediately and in mad n
ash tore through the business dis W
let Of the city and into The Courier =,
ffce.
The damage to The Courier build ~
Ig and office is 5000 The plate u
lass was insured in the Lloyd Plate ~
lass insurance, OF which W. L. Ire 81
nd is the Grants Pass agent Mr.. q,