SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 8

SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

HORSES BOLT WITH LORRY,

WILD CHARGE . INTO SHOP.

[BY v' f 21SL1SGB.APH.-~OWN , CORRESPONDENT.] -jfe : BLENHEIM. Tuesday. * % •' A sensational . runaway "occurred - in' - Blenheim this afternoon. " A three hojss. il lbrry, belonging to Messrs. G. W. Mar-VV tin ' and > Co. was loft unattended outride ■ their premises in Queen . Street^. and for ; some reason ' the • horses-: bolted."'"' They charged up Queen Street at full gallop, .# negotiated- the narrow roadway between the Club Hotel - and ; the Post Office- ? ) safely, while pedestrians scattered for shelter in •. all directions. Then . con- 3? tinning their ' headlong career they bowled over a motor-car standing at thn 1 kerb outside P.• •W. Adams' cycle 'shop ;; adjoining the' Express Office and charged clean through the plate-glass window of Adams', shop. .. - " . ... * By a miracle no one was' hurt, though ; , . two of the horses were. csaiiiderably ; cut about.. Both "of . Adams.' , window!, were smashed to . splinters• and some of. - * the stock in his. window . was ' damaged.* The 1 motor-car " was considerably damaged, J one wheel being • wrecked. ' ; ■■■*; •>■■■• •" Vi.A couple' of old,: men \had a narrow escape *as the ' runaways crossed v High* Street. • -■ ■■ • . ■ . ■ ■ ~' ,u v /: . j