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Show oo iIVl lifitfL h UR10W ESCAPE Five persons had a most fortunate escape from serious, possibly fatal, injury last evening, when a team driven by Aaron T. Hansen, a clerk at the Last &. Thomas store and residing at 275G Jefferson avenue, dashed down the Twenty-sixth street liill and collided col-lided with a telephone' pole a short distance west of Washington avenue. The surrey was nlmost completely demolished, 'yet the occupants received re-ceived only painful bruises and cuts by being thrown from the vehicle. With Mr. Hansen were his mother, Mrs. C. Hansen; two brothers, Ross-vllle, Ross-vllle, aged 13, and Arthur, aged l-T. and Joseph Drysdale. The drlvci and his mother received the more painful wounds, but neither are seriously Injured. In-jured. They ace suffering from cuts and bruises. Mr. Hansen claims 'hat he wn driv ing west on Twenty-sixth st-eet nbout S o'clock last evening, and had just reached Adams avenue, when some part of the harness scorned to have become loosened, allowing the surrev to roll down upon the horses ami striking their heels. The animals immediately im-mediately started to run down Uin hill toward Washington avenue. He managed man-aged to Keep the team on tho right side of the street and escape all obstacles ob-stacles until after crossing tho avenue. av-enue. - Then, to avoid s'l'Iicin another vehicle, he attempted to cross over to the left side of the street One of the horses would not make the turn, and as a result tho vehicle crashe'l' squarely Into a pole hi the middle r-f the street AH were thrown out with creat violence, the driver pitching forward for-ward and striking his head - against the pole. Mrs. Hansen and the two younger sons were taken to :he ollicc of Dr. G W. Green, where their lnjnrleM were examined. It was found thut thev had sustained ' only cuts and bruises. The physician then went to the Hanson home and attended Aaron Hansen and Drysdalo. The former was able to be ubout the house last evening, but was sulfering much pain from his Injuries. After detaching tnemselves from the vehicle the horses ran to tho Williams Wil-liams livery barn, from which place the outfit had been hired. In running into the barn one of tho hoises crashed Into an outfit thaf. was ready to go out and caused further damage to Hie extent of $15 or J20. It is claimed that the surrey wh'n-h crashed Into the pole is a total wreck. |