A Close Call at Third and Union
An evening horseback ride ends in a fright for a toddler and a lucky escape from harm.
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Just at dusk last evening, while Dr. Calhoun and Mr. Haley were on a horseback ride, one of the horses ran over a little child about two years of age on the corner of Third and Union streets. They were riding up Union street at a lively pace, and the child was playing in the center of the street just around the corner; therefore, in turning the corner sharply, they did not notice the child till it was scrambling under the horse's feet. Most fortunately, the child was not injured, only frightened considerably.
“They were riding up Union street at a lively pace, and the child was playing in the center of the street.”
Third and Union is now a bustling urban intersection in the heart of downtown Seattle, home to high-rises and transit stops. It is difficult to imagine a time when a child could be found playing in the dirt of that same street corner, though the tension between urban transit and pedestrian safety remains a constant theme in Seattle's civic growth.
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