The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-28
FOUR BIG HORSES IN A HEAP.
a BREWERS HlNDsoME gBhN
PLUNGED INFO a sUHEEN LOT.

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Peril OF ons OF Tre-orrs Bridsi Tess
A big brewery wagon with doubled.up
team OF four drsught horses. valued at $3.50
each. stepped alonRside Of James Mills's sa-
| loon Mt 15Oth street and Railroad avenue At IL
o'clock yesterday morning and Henry Miller
the driver. started to make his final delivery OF
kegs OF fresh beer.
The team had been doubled because Of the
storm and Miller had an assistant driver to
help him. The wagon stood In 1sUth street.
with the four horses facing the depressed rail-
road tracks on Railroad avenue.
Opposite the saloon Is a sunken vacant lot
extending over 100 feet on 15Oth street and
running through to 151st street. The level OF
the lot IL nearly twenty feet below the side
walk. The lot 10 not fenced In.
The Harlem local train rushed noisily past
the saloon bound south Mt HIS o'clock aud
startled the leaders Of the team. They we're
large bay and n dappled gray. perfectly ia
mllar with the locality and used to trains
Somehow the footing Of the locomotive
whistle alarmed them this time, and they
SHE'D to the north The other horses became
alarmed. too. and tho four swung around away
from the cars and started to run up Railroad
They pulled the brewery wagon sharply
around and dashed upon the western sidewalk
rolled a few feet along the edge OF the lot and
The noise Of tho passing train drowned the
crash OF the fall. but the shouts OF pedestrians
psSed TSep saw tSs four horses n pe S"o on TOP
Of each other. and held down by the over
The, dnpple gray aud the bay were under
the other two. The latter were paving the
Air and neighlnR in terror. One oil them had
One Of the drivers Jumped into the. lot and
The ,darple gray had burst a bloodvessel in his
ut ssu after lis fall The Lay lay helpless with
The whole neIehborhood was in an uproar
zen ten minutes after the accident. Capt Cree
and had difficulty in keeping the crowds from
toppling over the slippery edge Of the lot.
to free the horses Many persons in the
crowd begged the policemen to shoot the
ages u they killed an injured horse without
saloon Keeper Mills teiephoned to the brew
cry at Fifty seventh street and Fourth avenue:
s a%. By ns r~ crsw 81 sleigh
vowed vowed sroS seveRi Rib Szsaibrs re-
dSc.or 0 Who ilred al pG sevsa p sSe. into
ing the animal The horse had been in. agony
side OF the lot was broken down. and troop OF
volunteers led the two live horses out while
-! beer keg Was rescued from the lot and IT
was 0Iened for the refreshment OF tho men
who had helped in the rescue Of tho team.
The neiRhbors think that the death OF the |
horses Will result In the fencing OF tho danger
D. ,. Feely. undertaken and IIveryman at |
40 fremont avenue. bought handsome pair |
a. oa S II ana years age ron
daughters, Angeline and Nellie.
They are. valued Mt $500 each. Their chief |
DUTY isto draw landau. which has comet to |
coach because Mr.. Feey uses it for bridal par ,
Last week the record Of couples who have
four The coach and The team are conse-
guently regarded with romantic sentiments
by fremont young men and young women.
" l l,ssstorhny peculiar accident happened to
stable to take them around to the black smiths |
shop; Nellie was In playful mood. and rear
Ing: broke away from Mr.. Feely Again she
foot slipped on the first OF four steps leading
INTO the cellar and the animal ,aN backward
The space was only some 81 feet deep and
so narrow that the mars Was firmly wedged in
with her heels In the air.
Feely sent to the fremont police station for
ever to the stable to help rescue the mare The
ilremep brought blocks and tackle with them
70 llt the horse out OF the area. but found
IneI couId not extricnte Nellie tlay way.
Ihey worked Tor an hour on various plans.
and finally bad to take down the boards
Aghhst Wnlch the mare was wedRed This |
elt her still wedged against heavy beam.
They cut this out at the risk Of seeing the
ear onlce tumble down. but succeeded then
IN getting Nellie out. The animal was cut
inout the hips. but scrambled to her feet and
INTO the yard little tho worse for her ad-