Typical Denver milk wagon
Holiday Pursuit in Downtown Denver
By The United Press
DENVER - "Julius Caesar," a milk wagon horse with a sense of humor, and the Denver Fire Department gave Christmas shoppers a treat when they played "tag" in the main business section Saturday.
Julius, as a rule, goes about his business like any ordinary horse, but when an oil stove in the wagon exploded while the driver was delivering a bottle of milk, he broke away.
As Julius kicked up the snow in a burst of speed down a busy avenue, scattering bottles of milk, six fire trucks took up the pursuit.
The firemen "tagged" Julius after a chase of five blocks and extinguished the blaze.
COLFAX & BROADWAY
The Denver Fire Journal uncovered more about this most unusual fire in the Dec. 21, 1929 edition of the Rocky Mountain News.
The incident began at 20th and Broadway.
When firefighters arrived "they saw the fire careening down Broadway" and "flames and milk bottles were leaping from the doors and windows on the wagon," the News said.
The horse and flaming wagon were corralled at Broadway and Colfax Avenue, a busy intersection near the state capitol.
"The horse suffered only from fright," the News said.
[The UP story appeared on page 2 of the Pittsburgh Press of Dec. 22, 1929]
The Denver Fire Journal uncovered more about this most unusual fire in the Dec. 21, 1929 edition of the Rocky Mountain News.
The incident began at 20th and Broadway.
When firefighters arrived "they saw the fire careening down Broadway" and "flames and milk bottles were leaping from the doors and windows on the wagon," the News said.
The horse and flaming wagon were corralled at Broadway and Colfax Avenue, a busy intersection near the state capitol.
"The horse suffered only from fright," the News said.
[The UP story appeared on page 2 of the Pittsburgh Press of Dec. 22, 1929]
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