Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
MOLINE

Too Inperiied in Runaway.-Miss
/ Nellie Pringle, milliner employed by
Fisk & Loosely company, and Patrick
Mullen, driver for Patrick Nc
Nulty. proprietor of a cab line, fig
ured in a wild dash down Fifteenth
street yesterday. Both escaped unin-
jured, though the dash ended in a
lsmashup just before Sixth avenue was
reached. Miss Pringle was on her
way to the Boston store at the time.
/ Miss Rose Benck, employed in the
same store, was taken suddenly Ill,
and a cab was called. She was &C
companied to her home, 1882 Twelfth
avenue. by Miss Pringle. When the
cabman swung from Twelfth avenue
{ 70 Fifteenth street on the return his
horse started to run. He says that q
/ breeding strap broke, causing the We
hicle to crash against the animal 5
( hind legs and frightening him. The
driver was helpless TO check its wild
fight for pulling on the reinS only
tended to throw the cab against the
/ horses legs. The clatter Of the
horses feet on the pavement attract
ed the attention of many people.
What they saw was a swaying cab
with the driver on the box frantically
trying to stop the runaway. They ex-
pected 10 see the cab topple over and
( be demolished At the time no one
/ knew that Miss Pringle was inside.
One hundred feet south Of Sixth ave
nue. the cab locked wheels with far
meT's buggy. The force Of the col
iisiOn threw the horse to the pave
ment When the vehicle came to a
stop Miss PringIe alighted and pro-
|ceeded the remainder of the way on
foot. q wasn't frightened" she said,
ill after it was all over and ! had
stopped to think how serious it might
have ended. No, I wouldn't care TO
take another ride like that" The cab
did not overturn. One shaft was brok-
en-. The horse pulled OF one shoe and
emerged badly skinned and cut up.
The farmers vehicle was damaged
considerably
jackson 70 kansas City.-B b.
Jackson has departed for Kansas City.
Mo. where he viii make his future
residence, becoming supervisor of
agents for welIInown publishing
mouse. After resig9ing his position as
city superintendent here, Mr.. Jackson
arrived at the decision that he would
not seek another school job. Re re-
manned firm in that decision with re-
suit that he has obtained a good posi-
ton with a Kansas City house.
Obituary Recort.-Walter Kevern,
aged 10 years, died at the home, 139
Tenth street, Snyis. following an i'll
ness Of four days of pneumonia He
had resided one year in SiIvis, where
he was employed as a Iaborer. lie
was unmarried. The remains will be
sent 70 Warren. III, for burial. Four
brothers and three sisters survive.
Another Dwelling at Lock.-With
q view to solving the problem of Sc
curing labor AT Moline lock during the
season Of navigation, the government
has prepared plans for a double
dwelling, to cost $4,000. The resi-
dence will he erected within a few
feet Of the lock, probably west OF the
dwelling in which Lockmaster Gordon
resides. Erection Of the additional
dwelling has not yet been authorized
by The war department, but q request
has been made by the corps Of engin-
GERS, through the Rock Island office,
and consent to proceed with the build
ing is expected in time for work this
year. Lockmaster Gordon has expert
enced trouble in securing assistants at
the lock. Three shifts. each working
eight hours, are necessary. and two
men work in each shift. The remuner-
alton for the work is only S45 per
month and this being the case it is
diff Quito find men who will make
the trip from Moline to the lock every
day. The new dwelling, in which
lock tenders may reside with their
families, is expected to prove a solu-
ton to the problem.
ONE RIG FOOT.