New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-30
A HORSE SHOCKED TO DEATH.
EXCITING INCIDENTS OF a sTREETCAf
COLLISION.
,,ons,c.ps cp.su TOGETHER on THE TRANS
VERSE ROAD IN CENTRAL PARK AM
BOTH TEAMS RUN AwAY-oNE
HORSE FALLS INTO CON
pUIT AND is KILLED

HORSE FALLS INTO oo1'-
purr AND is KILLED.
peculiar accident occurred al hie"'! n.,,,ed
and Madison-ave. yesterday Horhins' '''"' 49,. .,
IN the killing Of a big carhorse ana csuSeu 'o.'
excitement The Madson-ave. me mas " So
line that runs through Centrai fHh ~ 6.y
sf.b-s, About midway OF the line III ,ne $3.50
,,hera there is single track there Is a siohs
tho east and west bound cars pass "'ie "
O o'clock In the morning. westoouhu o"' Low,
tire siding. just as an eastponho cur 80 arown
on The main track. The westbound car VIC" , .r
by 2 pair OF gray horses. and the eas'oounD
bv two big bays Both cars were heo WIN -,
,e,vers most of them being young wohie" "''N
girls on their way to work >,.,.,
In some way the tbound car became ia''e
a. the siding. and an end projected over VI"
main line The eastbound car was coming mons
az a rapid rate. and. il was misty! INC u'N
NJ the bay horses did not notice that the "e''
bound car had not entirely cleared INC man" nv
The eastbound car struck the proJeCt'HH Gnu
the westbound car. knocking II OF the "ach an"
wrecking 1t. Immediately the greatest COM u''
prevailed The women screamed. ana the teainN VI
both cars reared and plunged and finally the pay
team. broke away from the car and started AT
wild gallop toward Fifth-ave. Almost as QUICK!
the gray team broke the chains. and. swerVihs
around started after the bay team. The snoring
s s1S Rlansn the 81 speed s'
the way across the park 10 arkmen arc
engaged in laying conduiis and wires for the under
ground trolley system. About the tracks there arc
a number Of planks, which were wet and slipper Ss
When the bay team came along one OF the horses as
i IN Ss fall 81 he Shf puR ap ea ono
OF the hoofs the horse that fell Into the conduit
struck the live wire. Immediately he was sur
rounded with a blue flame. The horse gave few
convuisive kicks and all was over with him. The
peculiar blue flames played about the animal and
the three or four hundred workingmen employed
in the neighborhood got at a safe distance and
looked on in q helpless way number Of policG;
men came TO the place and were venturesome until
they saw the blue flames playing about the dead
horse when they also took a safe distance.
Finally an electrician Of the Madison-ave. line
came UP and directed that dry ropes should be
placed under the horse There being rubber
gloves at hand one OF the rubber coats Of the men
was cut UP to make protectors for the men hand
ling the ropes; With the greatest difficulty the dry
ropes were placed about the dead horse. 1t re-
CURED half hour to pull the horse from the con
dui,. The peculiar spectacle was watched with
deep interest by more than thousand peo-
pie When the horse taken out tho harness
that bound him 70 the other horse cut, and
the uninjured bay assisted to his feet All the
time that the powerful current Of electricity was
passing through the dead horse. his mate lay quiet
ly less than a foot away, evidently conscious OF
the necessity OF keeping still
The team stopped at Madison-ave. by
one Of the employees OF the company.