Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-08
Horse Runs Away, Vehicles
Collide, Man is Badly
Injured.
FORBES ENGINE GOES DEAD.
Machinery Of Carpentry De.
partment is Forced To
Stand Idle.

Monday was county court day and
the usual big crowd was in town.
Everybody was in hurry; even the
old plug horses seemed to have been
over-doctored, and drivers of autos
and horses seemed to have dispensed
with their usual watchfulness and
care on the streets in the business
section. Accidents and near accidents
were numerous.
A man from the country, named
Jet Bush, was badly injured by his
horse running away on East Seventh
street. The horse was injured and
the buggy to which he was attached
was badly damaged. In the horses
mad rush he collided with the buggy
of VIM. Combs, of Fairview, and
tore one wheel all to pieces. He was
only stopped when what was left of
the buggy struck a telephone post,
and the horse was again so badly
hurt that it was at first thought that
Iif would be an act of kindness to
kill the animal.
| At Ninth and Main streets horse
| attached to wagon started to run
off and got the wagon tangled up
| with surrey in which a lady was
seated. Fortunately no ser Gus dam
age resulted.
| At Sixth and Main lady was leis-
ure driving down the street when
some part of the harness was de-
tached and the situation became
critical for the lady. Six or eight
men rushed to her relief and an &C.
cident was averted.
A man made his appearance on
Main street, near Ninth, in a very
ugly condition. His face was cover
| ed with blood and he had two or
three wounds about his face and
head. A policeman asked him what
was the matter and the man said his
horse had run away with him and
thrown him out of his buggy Later
on he confessed to having gotten in
to fight with another man at the
| |. G. Railroad tank, and said he had
gotten much the worst of it.
A boy who was driving a young,
balky horse hitched to a buggy came
near having a serious accident on
Ninth street, opposite the pOstoffice.
The horse stopped and began to back
just as a passing automobile was 60
ing by. The left hind wheel Of the
buggy got tangled up with the left
front wheel of the auto, the horse
insisted on going backward instead
of forward and several efforts to I'M
lock the wheels were futile until a
man lifted the buggy and the boy
out of the way.
The engine of j. H. Anderson &
! Co. 5 delivery car got out of order
and they had to fall back on their
| horse and wagon to deliver goods to
their customers for a couple of days.
The FORBES Mfg. Co. had an acct
dent with their big engine that
drives the machinery at the carpen-
try department. The shops had been
closed down for a week or more, as
an overhauling of the engine had be-
come necessary after ten or twelve
years constant running. The shaft
of the engine had been sent off to
have the journals reduced about an
eighth of an inch and had been re-
turned and put in position. 1t was
thought all the parts had been prop
erly adjusted and steam was turned
on to set the machinery in motion.
when the engine went dead. The
company is overloaded with work
and the idle inside men were tired
of loafng and were ready and wait
| ing TO get busy again. They were
greatly disappointed when the break
in the machinery occurred. which
forced them out on another time
killing expedition. The company
telegraphed TO Massillon, Ohio, for
the broken piece, but the engine will
not be in running condition until
To-day