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Show m A RUNAWAY ifcr, Mother and Children Victims. jL cracktrs Frightens a mm Which Dashes Down Ithi Street. cOrnie, HJs Wife and Babies Bun 0er by the Horse In Their Hftd Flight jALLED patriotism incident to the approaches Fourth came near hurling Into eternity yesterday aft-tnjoon aft-tnjoon four Innocent lives. It was -carionfd by a boy with some flre-b.M flre-b.M who threw the explosivos un der a team attached to a, heavy -work wagon standing near the county Jail. In an Instant the hordes ytarted to run and with no hand to guldo them they dashed down the street toward the Rio Grande depot, vehicles hurriedly getting outBo the way andtpeople yelling the warning cry. Comingup Fourth. West street was J. McOmle of South Temple and .Ninth West Btreet. Ho was accompanied accom-panied by his wlfo and was wheeling a baby carriage in which were two Infante, In-fante, one about 9 months and the other about 3 years old. Whole Family Hurt. With no thought of danger, this little family walked north when in a trice the team came tearing down the street, turned Into Fourth West and crashed Into them, literally scattering the four all over the sidewalk. Strong men uttered oaths or hold their breath; women wrung their hands and moaned; the family lay on the ground peemingly unconscious and the hor&e3 dashed to the fouth, whither no one cared. In an Instant the injured were surrounded. sur-rounded. ( The man was unconscious, hut the woman was crying 'for her babes. A pretty young girl. took the walling baby Into her house and another an-other woman cared for the other child, a little boy. Then the mother and father fa-ther seemed to realize their plight and begged for their little ones. It was as sad a picture a.s ha.9 evor been imagined. imag-ined. The father was seen to be badly lnjurod and while men were taking him to the near-by drug store the girl and others found cold water with which to wash the children. Injuries Not Fatal. A sigh of relief was breathed by all when the water removed the blood and dirt and no serious damage was found. A hasty examination of the limbs showed no boncsr broken. Later Dr. Hozen was seen and he examined the children and pronounced them out of danger, although badly shaken up and very much frightened, which was the cause of the distressful crying. All this tlmo the mother was frantic and the man was around the corner having several bad cuts and an injured in-jured leg attended to. A friendly driver of an excursion wagon offered to drive the family home and they soon left. The baby carriage was a complete wreck and was thrown to tho gutter. It was a sorry looking crowd that moved away from the place. The family, it is paid. Id in reduced circumstance?, which makeB their trouble all the more acute. "Who will be the first to offer medical or financial aid? They are in need of both. And all on account of flre-cracker3. |