The North Star (Rochester)/1847/12/03/Perilous run-off

PERILOUS RUN-OFF.

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Quite an excitement in the neighborhood of the Bridge on Buffalo Street, was created on Monday afternoon, by the running off of a horse—a buggy being attached, and a boy driving. The animal took fright, running off Buffalo Street into an alley in the rear of the machine mills adjoining the bridge, turning into a small alley which leads into the river, plunging full force into the water, when horse, buggy, and boy were washed by the threatening current of the dashing Genesee down the stream. Having presence of mind, the boy caught the pier or base of the butment as he passed, and holding on, was thus snatched from a watery grave.