Show collided with a locomotive an accident occurred on the south sooth B street crossing of the union pacific track last evening ahiah came very near resulting in the death ot of a man and a team of of horses A young man employed by A on his farm across the river was driving into town about 7 and in attempting to thread his way through the labyrinth of trains that nearly always makes this thic crossing a dangerous one made a miscalculation that almost cost his life chehad he had suan suc ceedee in dodging one advancing train and did not see that another was approaching on the next track until it was too late to avoid a col cislon the team had fortunately creased both eboth rails when the engine struck the front wheel of the wagon the driver was sitting upon his bis seat at the time and be was hurled to the ground while the wagon bed was bmw over samue ou WIP top ot of him by good good luck lack the man and aad the wagon bed b fell between two tracks clear of the locomotive and the former ws s not hurt at all the horses freed themselves them selve from the wagon very quickly and they i too escaped without a scratch but went tearing like mad up south B street with the double trees dragging at their heels Lara tnie boomerang june julie 8 |