Show HUNS AW BAM the city elec electric car indulged in a run away wednesday afternoon that pretty nearly cost it its life mr air was coming up town from the 0 S L depot with J S hull bull and benjamin watkins aboard and he stopped in front of the 0 L L depot and went inside for something while he was in the depot the car started to move back down the street and mr hull bull went to the vestibule and endeavored to shut off the current and tighten the brakes but lie he could not he called to mr watkins and advised him to come back and jump off and then he jumped d mr then went to the brakes and declared beclar 4 he ha turned every leverda lever every v ar y way 9 imag and the car was s g gathering ache r ing momentum all th the e while finally he decided that a chance at jumping was better than to risk getting smashed to a pulp at the end of the line so he jumped and was thrown across the street like a rocket miraculously escaping serious injury meantime Ale antime mr air had seen the car start st artoff off and made a dash fai forat but was too late the car kept on an itz its wild course down the rosteet and when the curve at the end odthe ot the line was reached the trucks left tl the le rails but the car followed the direction of the track and went crashing through tile the short line fence barking the big box bos elder tree which stands on the north side of ct the walk near the corner of the lawn crossed the paved walk and crashed through the fence on the south side and into a locust tree which stood there it and break lne it in two leaving the top on an the roof ot of the car and dragging the trunk under the front trucks the car all but plowed its full length onto the grass plot on the south of the walk and there it stopped the front vestibule was shattered fender torn away steps torn off windows shattered and tile the trolley demolished the trolley wire was pulled down also and the trucks twisted up somewhat fortunately no one was inside when it crashed into the fence and trees the car itself is wrecked beyond worth of being repaired and some of those who viewed the remains were unkind enough to express thanksgiving that the wreck was so complete for they declared maybe brigham will get a car which does not exhibit the depot college sign |