Show TAXICAB DOWN DO STAIRS STArnS 1 NE NEW W YORK Oct 14 H.- H. MIstaking a pedestrian walk for a roadway a taxicab taxicab taxi taxi- cab today rolled down lown a a. lon long flight of steps in Central park The three passengers pas pas- were grievously shaken haken up and th the vehicle was wrecked Patrick Shields Shield the chauffeur was halted by three men who wanted to hire his machine Shields was told to go 20 through Central park At Ei Eighth avenue avenue av avo av- av and Ono One Hundred an and Tenth street Shields saw what hat he believed was an entrance noe for vehicles and as he turned his swiftly moving car into the supposed sup sup- posed Dosed drive ho suddenly came to a a. lon long light flight ht of stone steps down which the machine machino started First there were three steps stops then a short landing then nino nine steps stops and a a. landin landing then eleven cleven steps with a 3 landing landing land landing ing ing and then nine more moro stops to the regular park walk There was nothing for lor Shields to do but hold bold on to the steering wheel and keep the the machine machine in inthe in inthe the he middle of the path which he did although al al- thou though hough h almost bumped off his seat Tho The three passengers shouted and screamed for or help Tho car was almost at the tho bottom of the steps when they threw open the door and jumped rolled down the tho ho remaining steps As they did so there thero were t two o loud explosions as the rear tires of the machine blow ou out and ho tho car reached the bottom |