Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1912 — BUS TEAM RAN AWAY; SMALL DAMAGE RESULTS. [ARTICLE]

BUS TEAM RAN AWAY; SMALL DAMAGE RESULTS.

Team Started at Makeever Hotel, Ran to. Garage, up Front Street and East on Grace Street Kanne Bros.’ bus team ran away Wednesday evening and the new bus purchased by Joe Jackson and later sold to Tone and Ed Kanne, narrowly escaped complete wrecking. Frank Ellis had backed the team up at the Makeever hotel and left them stand there while he went into the Office with a customer. Ed Kanne backed up to the platform with the autobus and the team became frightened and started west on Washington street at a lively gallop. They increased their gait as they proceeded and when they swung south at the Rensselaer garage the buff almost overturned but a telephone pole happened to be in the right place and kept the bus from going over. The horses 'ran to the S. _P. Thompson property at the sduth end of Front street and then turned east and had reached the stock farm when Jim Bullis and another mate from Jordan township happened along and stopped the horses which were quite fagged out. Ed Kanne was giving chase, with the autobus and was about to overtake the team when they were stopped by Mr. Bullis. One rear and one side door spring were broken. the rear axle bent, the glass broken out of the door and the bus somewhat scratched, but not as badly damaged as one would have expected. The delivery horse for the Gwin Lumber Co. took a sudden notion to run and dashed out of the lumber shed iat the south side of the street and straight across the street into the heds on the where it was halted when it reached the north partition of the shed. It made “the fur fly” while in action, however, and the lumber wagon was considerably damaged. • /