Runaway Team Frightened by Street Car

Fred Feller, who lives on Dr. W. A. Cusick’s farm south of Salem, had a lively runaway on South Commercial Street on March 2 in the afternoon as he was returning home. He had just started out when an electric street car came along and frightened his horse team which soon became unmanageable.

The neck-yoke came down, the tongue of the buggy caught in the ground and was broken and the rig turned over. The driver was thrown out without sustaining serious injury, receiving only a slight scratch over his right temple.

When the vehicle turned over the horses became detached and, after running about a mile, were caught and brought back. The damage done to the harness and rig is considerable and the cost of repairing them will be $15 to $20.

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Bibliography:

Capital Journal Newspaper, March 3, 1901

This article originally appeared on the original Salem Online History site and has not been updated since 2006.