The Wild Run of the Unhitched Horses

At nine o'clock last evening George Graham, of South Seattle, was thrown from a horse at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Main Street while escaping with but a few slight injuries. Graham was riding one of a team of horses of a drayman, which had been unhitched from a wagon. They trotted onto the wharves and at the crossing of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern track, a locomotive frightened the horses. Graham stood, nearing an end, and was thrown backward. As he fell, one foot got caught in the harness. The horses, finding the man loose, started up the street at a rapid speed. He was dragged, and at every step, Graham would be lifted from the ground and thrown violently down again. The frightened horses wound through Front Street, which was at the time crowded with pedestrians, at a terrific rate of speed, the unfortunate man being dragged recklessly after them. Just after the street had been crossed, Graham’s shoulder struck the wheel of a passing wagon and his foot became disentangled. A dozen men rushed to him, expecting to find him a corpse. But Graham arose and walked up to the drug store, where his injuries, a few cuts and bruises, were dressed by Dr. Allan. He was sent out to his home in North Seattle. The runaway horse was caught on Third Street and returned to the owner.