A Runaway Team in Downtown Seattle
A frightened pair of horses caused a commotion near the waterfront, charging through a hack and into a brick wall.
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A large span of block horses, attached to a lumber delivery wagon, driven by Wm. A. Staves, became frightened on the Oregon Improvement Company's wharf yesterday, and ran away. They came tearing down Commercial street and collided with one of Clancy's hacks, doing slight damage. The shock broke the coupling pole of the wagon, leaving but two wheels for the horses to drag in their mad career. On arriving at the intersection of Mill and Commercial streets they did not stop, nor turn, but plunged into the stone wall in front of the Yesler-Leary block. Strange as it may seem, neither of the men were seriously injured.
“They came tearing down Commercial street and collided with one of Clancy's hacks, doing slight damage.”
This event took place near the heart of Pioneer Square. The historic Yesler-Leary block was a centerpiece of early Seattle commercial life, serving as the site of this dramatic, if bloodless, urban accident.
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