The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-24
ACCIDENT, ON NORTH FRONT
STREET LATE YESTERDAY.
Escaped Without Injuries; One Of
the Animals Dragged; Driver Did
Not Hear Car Coming.

the animals Dragged, Driver Did
Not Hear Car Coming.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The street car accident at the
Stahl House corner yesterday after
noon, mentioned by The Free Press
rig was run into, occurred about
$3.50 o'clock. Mr.. ireland was driv-
ing south on Front street, west of
the car track, and undertook to turn
across the track to stop on the Plum
street side of the Stahl House. He
did not know that a car was com
ing, and heard no bell, but as soon
as he had started to turn he saw
the car almost upon him. He tried
to get the team back off of the track,
but the horses took fright and one
pushed the other so that it could
not get off. The car struck this
horse and then Mr. Ireland jumped
from his spring wagon and held to
the lines.
The car went about 100 feet be-
fore it finally stopped Witnesses
say that it came to stop in about
half of that distance and then start
cd up again and went about sixty
feet. Up to the time Of the first
stop the wagon was not damaged,
and neither was the horse hurt
much, as it was walking on it's front
legs and the car was sliding its
rear quarters along the pavement.
When the car stopped, however, the
horse fell, and the other horse cross
ed the track, which brought the
wagon in front of the car, and when
the latter started up again the wagon
was badly wrecked and the horse
that was down was injured worse
Witnesses say that the motorman
did not at any time ring his gong.
The car was not going fast, it ap'
peared, could have been stopped in
forty or fifty feet at the most, and
probably in thirty feet.
Mr.. ireland Is Not Injured.
Motorman Roster was running the
gelt. The motorman has been EN-
ployed in that capacity for two OF
three months. The car was No. Z.
Mr.. Ireland, who is a well known
farmer, living on route out OF
Mankato, was fortunate in escaping
uninjured. Had he remained in the
wagon he might have been badly
hurt. The tongue of the wagon was
broken and one of the front wheels
was broken off and the spokes scat
tered about, and other parts Of the
vehicle strewed the pavement. The
injured horse was hurt mostly about
the ankles, but it is thought thai
it will soon recover. Mr.. Ireland
values the animal, a seven year old
mare, at $500.
Hit an Express Wagon.
Car No. Z, as soon as the team
and wagon were removed from i'll
front of it, proceeded on it's trip tC
Sibley park. On its return trip il
became mixed up in another acci
dent When in front of the Bee
Hive, it collided with one of the de
livery wagons of the American Elk
press company, driven by Henry
Steiner.
The driver had the curtains of the
wagon down, and his view was cui
off. He states that he undertook to
drive across the track, but before
doing SO looked to see if car was
coming, but did not see any. At this
instant another wagon crossed the
track ahead of him, which threw
him off of his guard, as he supposed
the track clear for some distance or
the other team would not have
crossed.
AS Mr.. Steiner swung his horse
across the track the street car struck
the animal and knocked it down
The car was not going very fast and
was brought to stop almost i'll
stantly. The horse was found to be
badly bruised, and the step of the
wagon was bent, but no other injury
was done.
Mr.. Steiner states that he heard
no gong sounded to warn him of
the cars approach.