The evening world., 1894-02-07
Tor Those Out of Work The World s5M " R% q Il Gents for a 20 Word 4
CAR HORSES IN A MANH0LE.
Third Avenue Team Butted In by
a Second Avenne Team,
Exciting Scenes IN Chatham Square
This Morning.

Two horses fell. one after the other,
into n manhole of the Third avenue line,
on Chatham Square, near Worth street,
1T S.s5 o'clock this morning.
II Is the third accident Of the kind
within Two weeks. and drivers Of every
description of vehicles are loud in their
Pronunciation OF the prnctice Of leaving
the on,nIpresent manholes open with
nothing but n small red nag to indicate
the danger.
This time. however. the sufferers were
the horses OF the Third Avenue Car Com
pany.
AS a car reached Chatham Square on
It's way uptown 1t was stopped to enable
Il passenger to get Off. In stopping the
horses were brought directly alongside
the large manhoie which affords an en-
trance to the Chatham Square curve
vault.
down Into the vault to drill holes for
putting In oil pans. The manhole had
Consequently been left open.
,h wn sisn ne to two orn n g , were sseo Maa'ti sysn for
cnr came along from New Bowery.
The tracks OF the two Ines unite at the
very. spot where the two Third avenue
Line horses, were standing; The driver OF
the Second avenue car had either for
gotten this fact or had lost control Of his
horses. At all events his horses con-
tinued on with but slightly abated speed
and butted into the horses Of the Third
avenue line.
The result was Inevitable. The horse
nearest the manhole went down without
even a chance for a struggle to save
itself. The first conclusion had uncoupled
the horses from the ThIrd avenue car.
and consequently. there was nothing to
brcal; the first horses fall except its
n1tc. which. however WAS nnenin1 IN tho
task OF sustaining the fallen one, and
went topping after.
horse must have been killed, as the man
hole Is ter feet deep and the weight OF
the other horse was sufficient to have
crushed i; II was Q ascertained;
been seriously hurt. and that they were
standing side by side In the manhole
tre,nb,ing md snortiIg with fright,
and "a a. 'm nSnarcd c sTSxsst qu1skl Eer sat oitsyeii
and rejected for raising the poor shiv-
ering brutes. One was for lowering an
elevator; another proposed TO tear up the
ground and lay an INCLINED plane; a third
MT upon the idea of flooding the plact
and letting the horses swim out; a fourth
thought that the gradual filling in of the
hole with sand. until the horses could
AT last the Chief Engineer OF the Gu.
Bile power-house. at Bayard street and
the, Bowery, arrived at the spot and,
without consulting n of the wiseacres'
ideas. proceeded to rig up a " block and
fnll," attached to the ties of the elevator
tracks, which were directly overhead.
Girdles were quickly improv!ael Out OF
blankets. These were taste. ed around
the .bodies of the horses to prevent the
cha fing of the ropes and, with the crowd
Juggling at the free end of the lever rope,
the horses were nicely drawn out: When
the frightened animals again stood on
level ground they gave a whine or
delight and the crowd sent up a good
sized cheer.
Apparently the horses were not so
much as scratched. but they were never
theless taken to the power-house stable
to be given a rest after their exciting ex-
pertence.
Traffic was but little delayed by the
accident, which consumed In all about
twenty-five minutes between the time
the horses fell into the manhole until
they were hauled out.