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Show II LIVES ENDANGERED i by mm i A most spectacular runaway, which , endangered tho lives of seoral peoplo i and threatened the destruction of 1 much property, took place near Twen- 2 ty-second aud Washington late yester-; yester-; day afternoon, when a team belonging to Cardon Brothers & Company, a gro- eery firm at Five Points, came near , .crashing directly through the double doors of the Tabernacle pharmacy, at the southwest comer of the street intersection in-tersection Tho frightened horses veered to one islde Just In time to miss running squarely through the entrance, hut the B- Impact tore one of the screen doors ' from its hinges. A small boy standing 1 In frcnt of the ontrauce ran inside ' barely in time to escape being struck. The team was hitched to a delivery wagon and a short distance north of ! Twenty-second street a strap broke, L allowing the ncckyoke to drop from i one of the horses. This frightened tho animals and started them on their . wild dash. The driver and a boy com-I com-I panlon were thrown out, but neither sustained serious injuries X With one side of the ncckyoke loose the horses were pulled to the right and they ran up onto the sidewalk. i The drug storo has a corner entrance . I and the animals were making straight ijg A for the double doors, when one of t , thorn slipped on the smooth concrete It Rnd fell The whole outfit skidded .t along the broad sidewalk, horses wag-'.I wag-'.I on an I nil landing In a lauglcd moss lilt I in the gutter Tho horses sustained J? i' a few cuts and bruises. ; This accident occurred about ! j' o'clock, and a few hour later there f was a very similar runaway on Twen- ty-fourth street, between Washington 4 and Hudson. A horse belonging to $ tho Ogden Feed company became il frightened and ran Into a vehicle standing In front of tho Globe saloon. jf The horse evntunlly landed on tho I sidewalk, and after kicking a bicycle 1 into the consistency of junk, was J caught and hold |