Eureka Reporter | 1906-06-01 | Page 5 | Girls Stop a Runaway

GIRLS STOP A RUNAWAY two brave bisk lives in ending mad dash of dray wagon team minneapolis minn the presence ot mind ot two telephone operators who are employed at the twin city tele phone offices brought to an abrupt ending the mad career of a team ol 01 runaway horses hitched to a heavy dray wagon the other morning it was at the time that miss lai llan palmer and miss ella peterson were being relieved tor 15 that they saw the team approaching at a blind gallop down the street I 1 the two girls left their seats in front ot the building and while miss peter son ran to the side ot the road and caught the flying reins miss palmed circled to ahe other side ot the horses and screamed between the two the horses were startled into obedience to the tugging on the lines and they were brought to a stop within a tev feet ot the spot the horses had evidently beeb standing waiting for the driver when they were frightened either at a car or an automobile and started running fortunately there were no obstacles as in the maddened condition of the animals it 1 doubtful accidents could have been avoided had teama people been in their course