The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-26
BIG TOMS LONG COLD BATH.
~ nouns IN THE RIVER FOR THE
STREET CLE4NERY PET HORSE

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Tom, a big black horse OF the Street Clean
ing Department. Officially known as No. 49,"
hauled a cart nlled with refuse to the dump at
the foot OF Old Slip at 11:45 o'clock on Satur-
day night He got safely up the steep incline
OF the dump. the top OF which is about twelve
feet above the pier. and his driver turned
him and started to back the cart to the edge Of
the dump Just then the hind feet Of the
horse. in their herculean forward kicking to
back the heavily laden cart. smashed through
q weak part of the floor. and he vanished in an
Eruption OF splinters and struck the solid
floor Of the pier below with a thwack. indicat-
ing that he had landed on q soft part Of his
anatomy.
Tho driver peered down thr ugh the jagged
hole and saw the horse roll OF the pier into
the icy river. Assistant Inspector Rice got
down to the lower pier In q hurry. because Tom
10 the pet horse Of the department and cost the
city 1915. lie heard a splAshing and a pant
ing for a few seconds and then there was
silence All the employees OF the department
within reach were set to looking for the horse.
made out a report to the department that Tom
had been drowned.
That's what the departmen thought until
9:45 o'clock yesterday morning, when . small
boy playing near the bulkhead south Of the pier
saw the outlines Of a horses head away under
the pier In the darkness He told Policeman
Reilly. who looked under and saw Tom. Reilly
went IN on tho dump and told Inspector sheri-
stables at Avenue A and seventeenth street.
Chief HUs,ler Daniel kennard. who thin Ks az
Hostlefs John Muiry and James Reilly and
the Rs v water ' would have been away over Toms
head II Tom hadn't held his head above the
that Sy h ns sd s so
on his Jaws by occasionally resting his fore
Kennerd. Reily. and Mulry got on a float
| and guided then selves under the pier to Tom.
| Ne saw them coming and gave long. mourn
There were tears in the big fellows eyes. as Il
to say " Poor Toms a-oold," whom kennard
reached over from the noAe pasted him. anu
'0 Tom MIN ps sG Ehs The hosos to release his
isd w hS slss sna s'' ne
Them around him Kennard and Murphy had to
saps e a sns ' ssa s Rs
pier. with. Tom alongside. too exhausted to
| large moored across the slip next to the bulk;
| head, and this was foated out so Tom could
red arm stretched above the Slip. .
There were now-about 1915 O'Clock bout
on tho line to i'm, Tom to the solid ground OF
South street Several saiiormen from two
sSniSg out The watsr trsmbns ali o1sr
when the ropes around him tarted and =, lr he
tss e wa fsInH He ds s4 for Nc second.
he 20 ssS ,n 1f sSs
| Reilly and kennard entered the chilling wal or
again. passed straps and ropes under Tom
ashore began hsulins in the line: -
the water oozed out when he was swung
around and dropped gently on the coal dust
quarts OF whiskey were poured down his
| throat and he was rut bed down and blanket
to stand. and got up and shook himself viSor.
ously. Inspector Sheridan then thought it
about time g ATTEND to the physGai
them q quart Of whiskey, which they divided
with Mnlry and some OF tho men who hauled
Tom was feeling Pretty happy. He and his
what slowly at first. But the unusual splitter
especially for horse that had been a to1al
had gone two blocks. and he was observed to
P dhss ,s s;.s 5v' Ta had d s
and acted as il he were. trying to utter
| the equine equivalent OF Sem up aRn !"
| The hostlers were also feeling quite we'll II
| was q circus in town. and that one Of the
| horse acrobAts was out exercising. When
| Tom got to the stable he excited the envy OF
| all the other horses near him.
This morning he may wake up with q dark
| brown paste in his mouth and not think so
much OF the time he had after his prolonged
| bath.
INSPECTOR Sheridan puts in this bill OF sx-
| rense In his report OF the occurrences:
To three quart DO kiof whsksy for Tom... IS 90
To quart bottles OF whisksy Tor men oO
fetal SIS 20
valu. OF horse 1915 o.