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100 Years Ago: Police Officer Stops Runaway Horse on Main Street

Just about everyday Marlborough Patch will highlight an interesting story from the Marlborough Daily Enterprise published on that date 100 years ago.

Oct. 13, 1911: Officer Stops a Runaway: Patrolman McNiff Prevents an Accident but is Injured Himself

That doing the sleuth work is not the only specialty in which Officer McNiff can acquit himself with credit was shown Wednesday evening, when he stopped a runaway horse with slight injury to himself. A horse started from Maple Street and was going at a terrible rate of speed up Main. A number of people endeavored to stop the animal...

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