The Portland daily press., 1900-03-27
A HORSE OVERHEARD.
hacked into Commercial Dock and Az
ser Dtuch n xcItement safely Rescued
-Other narbor Notes.

-Other narbor Notes.
A hne white horse and pedlar's cart
owned BY John Trip. Scarboro nsh
dealer, fell overheard In the dock bstwsss
Commercial aud Central wharves yestsr-
day noon and for upwards Of three-quar-
tiers Of an hour NO little sxcifsment
was caused. A big crowd was soon On the
spot and all kinds Of suggsstlons were
being offered to the few men who were
trying Their test to save the outns
Mr.. Tripp came In from his home In
the morning and shortly before noon
drove down 10 Commercial wharf to get
n load Of fish. He drew his team mp 10
the side of the wharf near the office Of j.
W. Loyeitt and then went down to the
end Of the pier to buy his fish. Soon after
he had gone the horse shifted about and
as nobody was In the immediate vicinity
to stop him. the first thing that was
known was that the whole team was
plumb 10 thu muddy waters Of the dock.
TIE horse had backed the cart over the
dock and himself harnessed 10 IL OF
courss followed In the rather psrilo NJ
within the twlnklins Of an eye the report
Of the disaster rapidly spraad. 1he tide
was low but notwithstanding this the
water was 90 deep that the horse swan
along for twenty or thirty yards. de did
his work well bat was greatly hampsred
by being tied to the cart. As he nearsd
the end OF the dock he found the water
lower and then for some distance he was
obliged to fairly plough through the deep
mud and siims which1 rsaohsd mp
to point nearly over his body. By the
time that the struggling snimal had
managed to get to this distance three OF
four men who had lowered themselves In
to dory had succeeding In getting close
enough to the team 30 that they were
able to cut the traces Of the harness
thereby freeing the horse This accom-
plished, they threw a strap under the
horse and with q heroic effort lifted the
animal up to the deck OF the fishing
schooner Louisa Francis which happened
to be lying nearby. The horse seemed
pleased that he had reached a point Of
safety and took several minutes in vigor.
ously shaking himself. A couple Of heavy
blankets were tied snugly about him
and one Of the fore legs which had been
scrapsd as a result Of the accident was
sssonssd In a rough piece of mating. A
dose Of jamaica ginger was also poured
down his throat.
On account Of the tide being low the
hose was Obliged to stand patiently on
the deck of the schooner until the latter
rart Of the afternoon. For the first hour
or two he shtvsred In q frightful manner,
but after that warmed up. The schooner
was shifted hack few fee and then the
horse YVES lifted up to the ailsyway in the
rear Of Chase's grain office and beaded
over to his owner. The most Of the cart
was rescued.
The Savage, a brand new ocean tug
which had never been this way before.
arrived at a few minutes before three
o'clock yesterday afternoon and her ap-
pearance was the signal for the blowing
of whistles by nsarly all Of the craft In
the barber. The new tug which 10 q
beauty Is owned by the Consolidated Coal
company. She Is at Randall and McAllis-
tsI's wharf and expects to return to B1s
ton today.
The ashing sohooners Albert W. Black,
Robert and Carr, Eva A. Race, II. l..
Wynian, Mary Il. Smith and Glad lid
ings arrived during the day and brought
in fare OF about 90. COO pounds.
THE next steamer due Is tbs Numidian
which will probably arrive tomorrow or
Thursday. She left Glasgow with . large
Rum Der of passengers, some Of whom
were to be left at Halifax.