Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1902 — Short But Exciting. [ARTICLE]

Short But Exciting.

There was a short but exciting runaway here Saturday morning. J. L. Adams’ big dray team was at Leslie Clark’s place, on South Weston street, to move a stove, i and some part of the stove falling and making a noise soared the I horses, and they started to run. ( By the time they reached Washington street they were going like , the wind, but they tried to make the turn west, on Washington street, but were going too fast and ■ ran on to the walk, directly in front l of The Republican office. They would have crashed into the building full tilt, but the cement being , slippery with rain, they slipped and fell on the walk. The horses scrambled up and ran some blocks further without the wagon. No great damage was done, further than the breaking of the wagon tongue, and its iron connections, and a slight cut to one of the horses. A little boy, Tesla Marshall, who had been standing right where the horses fell, had a very narrow escape,, but got out of the way by a margin of a few feet, and was not hurt. The driver was not on the wagon when the horses started.