Evening journal., 1891-01-26

the wires was Edward Callahan, car
driver OF the Eighth avenue line. At
Church and Chambers streets one of the
horses planted his iron shod hoof upon the
sputtering wires The for.e threw the
wire around, and the live end struck the
animals side. The horse reared and blue
sparks flew out from its hind hoofs. Cal
lahan ran to the fallen hors, IL lay per
fectly quiet and he caught the bride to
raise il. Electricity had charged the ami
mails body and Callahan no soonSr touch
ed il than the fluid Knocked him about ten
feet into the snow.
81 never felt anything like that shock,
said Callahan, later, "and never want 70
feel il again. When / tried to raise the
htrse thought somebody had hit me with
a club. didn't remember anything until
/ found myself in the snow"
Killed by a Falling Crossbeam.
About an hour after Callahans adven-
ture a similar accident happened at Canal
and Greenwich streets Two horses were
knocked down by wire, but fortunately
were not killed The driver. Charles Horne,
while attempting 20 rescue the horses, al
though he was perfectly aware Of the wires
presence, also received an uncomfortable
shock. +. Hartmann, baker Of No. LOIS
Avenue A, had very narrow escape and
is very thankful that he did not meet the
fate of his horse He had nearly completed
his route az 10 O'Clock yesterday morning
when he stopped directly beneath "a huge
telegraph pole, attached TO which were
nearly 300 wires. His feet had hardly
touched ground when he heard a crash
The heavy snow had broken a crossbeam
in half and both parted from the main
pole. One half of the crossbeam fell in "a
straight line and struck his horse ON the
head. Policeman Murphy ran to-he bakers
assistance, but all he could do was 70 shoot
the horse, which had been fatally injured.
a Firman's Daring Deed.
AS the 2;l0 morning up train from City
hall on the Third avenue a. road was
approaching the Houston street station
"live" electric wire fell upon the rails In
front Of the station. emitting sparks The
ticket chopper succeeded in signaling the
train so that il came to a stop few feet Of
the wire, which was kissing fercely
James A. Cottrell fireman attached to
Engine Company No. p. in Eighty-ffth
street, came upon the station lie was on
his way home with his wife and three chill
dren from a ball Cottrell took in the sit
uation at glance. and crying out, "Who's
got rubber cOats' leaped down on the
track near the wire A rubber coat was
handed TO him, and wrapping il about his
hand be picked up the glowing wire and
tossed il from the track over to one side
so that il hung in the street in a place OF
comparative safety
New Jersey Ia TangIe.
The state Of New Jersey is a tangle OF
wrecked poles and wires from one end tC
the other, and il will be a week before the
telegraph service is restored. Five lines o.
wires across the Newark meadows look a.
if cyclone had passed over them. SO com
pletely have the damp. clinging masses O
snow done their work One Of the pictur
esque features of the occasion was the los
70 the signal service Of a big cyclone whio
had been spotted on Saturday morning on
in Montana. Last night the weafhe
sharps at the Equitable building couldn'
say what had become OF il.
II may come down on us without warn
ing today or IL may have gone oil TO IN
north