Huntingdon Bedford & Peterborough Gazette 9 Jun 1832: Harris horses loose in Market Hill

An accident, attended with considerable damage done to the shop window fronts of Mr. White, Peas-hill, and Mr. Johnson, grocer, Market-hill, occurred yesterday afternoon. Whilst a porter was in the act of shooting coals into the cellar of Mr. Mortlock’s bank, some spirited horses in a waggon, belonging to Mr. Harris, of Trumpington, took fright, and rushed from Peas-hill towards the Market-hill; in the road taking the projection of Mr. White’s shop, shattering several panes of glass, and very narrowly escaped taking the whole corner of the double front. Mr. Bell, Union-street, had the presence of mind to rescue a child standing near, by pulling it into his shop, or inevitable destruction must have ensued. They then pursued their course towards Mr. Johnson’s, and did considerable damage there. Mr. Harris has liberally offered to discharge all damages sustained by the accident.