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A NARROW ESCAPE.Mrs. Mayor Zollinger's Terrible Experience.A Frightful Runaway on Broadway.TheSENTiKEL of last evening printed an exclusive account of the runaway of Mayor Zollinger's horse on Broadway about 3 p. m. The lateness of the hour at which the accident took place precluded the publication of full particulars.At the hour stated Mrs. Zollinger drove to Wright's drug store, at the corner of Broadway and Washington streets, and was about to get out of j the buggy when a man turned the corner from Washington street leading a buffalo, to which about thirty feet of rope was attached. At this the horse took fright and dashed away,leaping over the hitching post and throwing Mrs. Zollinger completly over the dash board. She struck on the cross-bar of the shafts, in which perilous position she rode one square. The horse dashed wildly ahead, andthe people on Broadway were nearly paralyzed to see the deadly peril in which our mayor's estimable wife found herself.At the intersection of Jefferson and Broadway some workmen were engaged in laying pipe and two of them sprang forward, caught the affrighted animal by the bridle and stopped him. Mrs. Zollinger was taken irom her dangerous position more dead than alive, the fright and shoek being terrible. If the horse had gone ten feet further he would have plunged into the ditch and Mrs. Zollinger would doubtless have been killed. The buggy was not much damaged.Mrs. Zollinger was taken to the resi-! dence of Mr. Bittenbender, corner of Washington and Broadway, and medical assistance summoned. It was found that she was hurt in the side, and there were indications that she hadi sustained internal injuries. This morning Mrs. Zollinger was feeling i much better, and no serious results are apprehended. A woman whom Mrs. Zollinger had employed to assist in housecleaning was in the buggy with her at the time of the accident, but fortunately escaped injury. Her name was not obtained.Officer Fahlsing happened to be inthe vicinity at the time of the occurrence, and he arrested the man who had the buffalo and locked him up. Mayor Zollinger shortly afterwards ordered him released.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Tue, May 27, 1879
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