ACCIDENT IN QUEEN- A STREET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 246, 23 October 1897, Page 5

ACCIDENT IN QUEENA STREET.

. nllieW liat sensational accident ock r Oueen-streefc at 25 minutes past this afternoon. Messrs Hirst spring trap was going down JD(I j, I street- when a bag of chaff FS sinking ilie Horse on tlie f^Stened .it, so. that the animal to*Oclt The driveiy' J esse 'Baker, ko *f\ueh an incline it was nnpostS^eveiitrtbe horse' yetting: nway *S&the corner by the bank and lp°"n OSI tmvards the wharf the cart COID S,fn collision with a hansom cab on Cf me ,S S the front of the Bank of &1& Wai* «« belonged to Mr rleHeadand was in charge of James o n The impact was so severe that rifhorseand cab were turned completely SEn on the footpath. Baker still S PTon to his liorse, and the animal f?° cimved aside by the collision tanfa£the footpath until the hub of J&eelstruck the masonry on oneside f l,p London and Finance Corporation s Office" Portions of the brickwork were Sen away, but strange to say no & was done to the plate glass r t The horse movea forward until the Zftstrnck the masonry at the other side the'office, where it v.as finally pulled up We the worse for the run. The cab was, Sever, damaged, and had to be taken back to the stables. Constable Boreham, v-ho iritnessed the occurrence; at once made all necessary enquiries. All who my tlie account give Baker credit for the plucky manner in which he tried to control his horse.