Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18
THE SNOW ACCIDENTS.

Horses Killed and Numerous Men Badly
Shocked by Coming in Contact With
Fallen Electric Wires-Broken Limbs
and Other Injuries.
A great many accidents were reported
during the day and night, but none of them
were of very serious nature.
Probably the worst one occurred on Third
avenue early yesterday morning which re-
suited in the killing of two horses owned by
George Biehl. butcher in the old market
building Joe Hilldorfer and Hermann
started out with load of meat to supply
several downtown hotels. The wagon was
drawn by two handsome black stations, they
being one of the finest teams in the city. The
men had just left the st. Charles and were
driving up the avenue to the Central Hotel,
when Hilldorfer noticed wire hanging
across the street nearly opposite the Barnes
Safe and Lock Works. and above the Second
avenue electric lines. Just as the wagon
reached the wire 1t shook and fell.
In doing so it brushed the men
in the wagon, knocking them off their seats
and into the street, and then landed across
the horses. They fell to the street as if shot,
and then followed an awful struggle The
poor brutes writhed and groaned in awful
asOAys hullc 6lcCLTlC llSuLS were udSulug
from their shoes and various parts of the
harness. The men, after picking themselves
up, were unable to render any assistance,
and the poor animals struggled with the
awful current, which was fairly cooking
their flesh, until death relieved them some
ten minutes later.
A Lineman's Marrow Escape.
During the forenoon lineman employed
hV ioh
on pole at the corner of Second avenue
and Smithfeld street rapping snow from
the wires, when every pole between the
Homeopathic Hospital and Pipetown broke
off below the second cross bar.
The two-story frame stable In rear Of 18
and 20 Frankstown avenue fell under the
weight of snow and buried IL head of
horses and cattle. Nine of the animals
were killed. Mr.. Pool, the owner, will
lose 81, 800. The awning of Crawford's
store, on the same avenue, broke down.
Loss. $3.50. About 200 feet of sheds at the
East Liberty stock yards also caved in.
Many trifling accidents were reported from
other sources, but they are hardly worth
recalling.
The spow caused an extremely lively
scene to be enacted at police patrol station
No. Z, Southside, yesterday. 1t was little
after o'clock, and the day relief men had
just retired to their rooms on the top floor.
Suddenly cracking sound was heard, and
the building was felt to tremble.
Crushed by the Weight of Snow.
On rushing to the front of the building it
was discovered that there was a small crack,
and that one shutter had been twisted of its
hinges. Captain Stewart Immediately
ordered the sleepers down. and put force
of men at work shoveling the snow off the
roof.
About o'clock yesterday morning the
roof of Herman Doersheimer's house, AL
lentown, caved in. The family were at
breakfast at the time. Mr.. Doersheimer
immediately moved his family out of the
house. The snow was shoveled OFF the rest
of the roof and no further damage resulted.
At South Twelfth street, Mace Cochran,
the corner policeman, attempted to clear the
track Of wires and for a time danced High
land fling with loaded wire in which he
became entangled.
The root of Jacob Bruender's stable, Mt.
Oliver, caved in from the weight of snow.
Alexander Thompson, an old man living
on Franklin street. slipped on the snow in
front OF his house yesterday morning break
ing his right leg.
Edward Zauer, a Perrysville avenue,
Allegheny, hostler. had an arm broken and
was internally injured in the fall of shed
weighed down by tine snow.
John Martin, of Dawson street. ALLIE
gheny, was knocked senseless by coming in
contact with an electric street car wire.