New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-22
KILLED BY An ELECTRIC WIRE
CATCHING A HORSE IN IT'S FATAL FOLDS
INcoNvENIENcE wRoueHr BIZ THE sroRaI-Tn
STREETS IN A SORRY CONDITION.


STREETS IN A SORRY CONDITION.
Once more the people of this city have been
warned by storm of the dangers that Turk in the
electric light wires which hang over the town. The
storm on Sunday broke down electric light lines
and many telegraph and telephone wires. NO human
being killed by break in the electric wires but
the danger from these lines emphasized by the
killing of horse which got entangled in broken
electric light wire as 10 dangled from pole al west
and Leroy SITS.
The storm turned into sleet Sunday at midnight
and as a consequence all tho lines were heavily
coated. The lghtor wires in many places gave
way under the burden and either tangled up the other
lines or broke them down The electric light wires
were damaged in this way, but they did not suffer
nearly as much the others. But enough damage
was done In case TO work serious mischief.
John Brady, niIISman, of Jersey City, stopped at
a. IN. yesterday to water his horse from trough
at West and Leroy SITS. As the horse started 10
poke his nose into the trough he began 10 kick frantic
ally and ended by falling helplessly on his SIDE Brady
hastily clambered cut OF his wagon to attend TO the
horse and some men hurried TO his assistance. They
saw that wire twisted around the horse and
&c was sizzling and sputering oficer Kerr, Of the
CharIes-st police station, came running up and
shouted That horse is Dead and tho wire is charged
with electricity and deaths Ho remained on duty
there until daylight. when the circuit was turned or
EFFORTS TO CLEAN THE STREETS.
Tho storm passed beyond the Gull Of st. Lawrence
yesterday. II left the streets here in wretehed con
dition The walking was moro disaGeeable than It
has been at any tlme this grecn' winter The
streets were fned with slush, which was churned
into mud and wafer IN the principal thoroughfares
IN tho carly morning. The Street Cleaning Depart
ment had an extra force OF hands at work on tho
crossings at early hour, and carts were sent to
upper Broadway to carry of tho slush as soon as 10
could be gathered up. Downtown the cutters were
HAT Tho roa thar
enough to melt tho remaining snow into the cutters
But the day slowly grew colder. Al a. M. the
temperature was 80 degrees above zero and at p M
down 10 81.
The street cleaners kept the crossings generally
VISIBLE and the Sidewalks were clean, because
storekeepers set their own men TO work Uptown
the police had plenty 10 do In assisting women over
crossings The slush several inches deep In the
middle of some streets and some OF 1t was carried
off by unsuspccting unforunates, who suddenly SAT
down or stepped ON what looked TO be frozen heaps
of snow which heaped along the eurbstones DIX
hundred men at work cleaning the streets during
tho day time and 400 at night
The streets ought 10 DO In better condition To-
day If the predictions of the Signal Service station
arc fulfilled sergeant Dunn said yesterday That
another cold wave would be here early this morning
He expected that the mercury would 60 down 10 10
or 90 degrees above by a. m. 1t would 90
even colder than that throughout the western part Oh
this State In Buffalo and Albany, for example, mo
thermometers might register only few degrees
above zero.
NO INDICATIONS OF SNOW.
Az Moorbead and St. Vincent, Minnesota, Il vas
% degrees below zero yesterday, below at St PAU
and Q above at Chicago There was some snow In
the Lake region and high winds prevailed along inc
Atlantic coast The wind here blew part OF the
dsv AZ the rate of twenty-four miles an hour. There
are no indications OF snow here for the present
The wire chief of the Western Union said that the
company's lines in this city and Jersey Ciy SUFFERED
from the sleet and also from interference ps .ne
feepbone wires in fact the telephone wires inter
fered badly by crossing But the lines were got IN
good shape by yesterday LITTLE aa,nSso o was
done outside OF this city, The teepnense ~, h A.
which were injured by the storm eApcoU0u " W "a
good running order today, ... ,,to,,red Iolico
s,nerintendent Murray yesterday that many oi INC
IRE alarm wires had been dlsarangcd py ne s,Orl'
Jinemcn were al work making repairs Due ouP ~
s recsntons in case q re II directed that
any policeman who discovered a hIe mus and fLnn
cnf an alarm from the nearest signal box ana men
run to Che nearest engine house TO see II tne alarm
had been received all right. The ponce Wits "0i0
working fairly well yeseruAy'
FLAMES CAUSED BY ELECTRIC WIRES.
The crossing of an elcctric-lIght wire with wire
of the Fire Department caused lire In the sAtn'
floor OF "The STAR building. at Broadway anu rarK
place. about o'clock yesterday morning. Iherc
Headquarters are sounded, and this had peeh rnshs
erratcaliy all through the night and the supposuoh
IS that the two wires having come into contact ,he
FIRE wire gradually wore off the Insulation rom the
iIrht wire The fire was quickly discovered, ana
was extIuQuished without difficulty some sihuIar
trouble was experienced during the night Will lhe
fire signal ct "lThe World' office, but wl'nou1 suoh
serious results.
END OF THE IYDIAyAP0LIs BAsEBALb CLUB
Indianapolis Jan 81 tspecial).-The Indianapolis
baseball club has collapsed. The directors nave Dceh
endeavoring since the annual meeting OF tho League
to mako arrangements with creditors TO carry the
indebtedness until the close OF the next season. Win
the expectation that better patronage and redaced
expenses would enable them 10 pay oil part Oh II.
All had agreed 10 the extension except TWO, VINO
insisted on having their money, and were threatening
to institute SUIT At meeting held ato THIS AFTER
tho directors OF the club determined 10 surrender
their League franchise. Tho indebtedness amounts
10 about 100000 and tho assets including the vaiuo
OF the franchise, VIII cnablc tho directors 20 pay the
creditors about so per cent OF their clan,s' INC
League, in accordance with tho contract mans ~ mo
time the club was transferred from ~ Louis 70
indianapolis, must refund the $4,000 inat was de-
posted 70 the franchise Ihe playess can %
may determine The indianapolis club has no further
control over them,
WARNER MILLER ADDRESSING THE y H. Q. A.
Philadelphia Jan. 81 tspeciaD The twenty fotirth
annual Meeting Of tho Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton was hold this evening IN the hall OF the as
fOclafi0,f A6drccsee were made By warner hllllcf.