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FIERCE mRUNAWAYm mtkbee hohses attached to■A FIRE ENGINE RAN AWAYEAST NIGHT.DRIVER WAS SLIGHTLY INJUREDFrlKhteaed Aaimala ?Dmh Aero*. Fourth Street Extension and UpSeventh Street.©river Frank Murphy, * of Engine Company No. 3 was injured last night at 7:30 o’clock white engaged in preparing to ana wet* an alarm sent in from the corner, of 12th and Jackson streets. Murphy had, Just finished clasping the harness on one . of the horses when the animal reared up on Its hind legs and one of his front hoofs struck the driver in’ the ’ face. He was knocked over by the blow and fell beneath the three horses that were attached to the engine. Before Murphy could regain his feet the animalsthe door and sped down I* ourth street. The ponderous£!!£ Dulled alon8' though It\\os a child s‘toy and at every lunge the maddened steeds quickened their pace until it seemed to .those who witnessed.their lllght that , the several tons of metal they were, pulling afterHi?11. Wouh! be ton-c£u:uler as it jolted across car tracks, and over: the rough pavement. At. the corner of -i.'our th and Lioeust streets the run-^hided with a lamp post which \vtts broken down. . The collision onlyt0 thc fr,^rllt of the animals and they tore down . Fourth , street, across the railroad tracks, out Fourth street extension us far as the Higl bridge and turned into Seventh street I hey continued .their mud Might* m beventh street to Clay, -where the\stopped of their own accord.An examination of the engine disclosed the. fact. th;\c no damage was clone to it, neither were any of Uk horses injured.The injured driver 'was removed tc ids home# 43 South Bluff street, whena physician attended him. Mis injuries proved less serious than at Jir.st supposed. One of his legs is bruised, ids left ankle is snrained and u slight cut on the upper lip is theextent of the injuries. Murphy wusfortunate in being able to get out ofthe way of the engine wheels, for illt.he ponderous machine had passed over him he would have been instantly crushed to death.-% 9 , ' ♦o —
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Sunday Morning Telegraph
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Sep 22, 1901
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