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Drivers on Broad Way Share Day with Heavy Wagons
A reporter spent a day riding with Jimmy a young truck driver on Broad Street from Rector to Canal Street to observe hazards. Pedestrians adults and children nearly under horses and wagons. Several near misses occurred including a crated sewing machine drop and a damaged milk wagon incident. A second trip with an older driver ended with a crowding scene as traffic of thousands of wagons and streetcars clogged West Street. A safe crossing by a crutch bound woman inspired a rare orderly lane in traffic. One serious injury near Cortlandt and Liberty streets involved a laborer struck by a wagon pole but survived.
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Jimmy
Broadway
Rector
Canal Street
Adams Express
Duane Street
Shy
Tamin
West Street
Cortlandt Street
Cortlandt
Liberty Streets
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