New-York tribune., 1901-06-04
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CARMAN COACH IN MLSHAP
ONE OF THE HORSES KILLED BY FALL
ING-TWO PASSENGERS FORCED
To Jump.

The four horse italy no coach Reliance, with
Richard F. Carman. a member of we'll known
clubs. of Huntington, Long Island. driving.
companied by Loi;is Haight stock broker. of
No. IS West Fis.r-elghth-st: James T. Hyde
secretary of the National Horse Show AssOcia-
ton, and the gr.Dms. was passing the rapid
transit tunnel excavation at Eighty -first-st and
Broadway at 10:::D o'clock last night when one
Of the horses STUMBLED, and the leaders in trying
to recover. fell anto the trench. They were
slightly injured but the neck of the horse that
stumbled broken and an iron rod ran into
it's abdomen. killing it, Mr- Haight and Mr.
Hyde jumped. to save themselves. and were not
hurt Mr.. CarTnan was not hurt.
Mr.. Carman mas big stock farm at Hunting
ton. He brought in dozen fine horses last
night. which ne was anxious 10 try II Il coach
in the city. to prepare them for the horse
shows at Hollywood and Madison Square Gar
den. He tried four of them. all bays last night.
Each horse was worth $3.50. He hitched the
four up to the Reliance, which makes daily
from Sherry's, in Fffth-ave.. to Morris
Park.
He drove through Central Park from the
stable in West Eghty-fifth-st.. then to Clare
mont and back again through the Park and up
Broadway on the way back to the stable.
The coach had reached Eighty-first-st on the
sewer is being lowered at that point and the
tunnel excavations are fifteen feet deep in places
One at the crossing is 10 feet by IL feet in area
and 15 feet deep. 1t is on the east side of the
avenue and the only protection for drivers and
vehicles is a 14-inch timber. A four foot fence
guards the other trench.
Water gushing through the sewer when
the four horses came UP to il and it's noise
frightened them. The nigh wheel horse hit
hoof against the beam and. stumbling, al
most fell into the excavation The other three
horses had to hold him up. But they were
frightened and were hardly controllable.
Mr.. Carman pulled the reins. to aid the
horses as much as ne could. But the excited
animals. in their prancing. hit the timber and
knocked it over. Then Carman shouted:
You fellows better jump for IT,,
Hoydt and Hyde at once took his advice.
they the leaders slip into the trench. They
landed the other side of the coach he
grOOms jumped safely. Carman stuck TO his
seat and pulled the reins with all his
strength The leaders tumbled into the trench
in perhaps ten seconds after the wheel horse
had stumbled They fell 10 the bottom with
crash, and the animals Groans could be heard
some distance away. They carried The horse
that had stumbled almost into the french. but
his fall was checked by long iron 7ointed bolt
lying at the edge and the animal fell it ran
into its abdomen. The fall broke its neck at
the same time.
a lot OF policemen came up. including Rounds
man BOettler, of the Bicycle Squad and Police
man Coleman. of the West Sixty-eighth-st. sta
ton. These two. with a couple of experienced
horsemen. jumped into the trench and cut the
harness from the horses. Carman jumped into
the trench, and found both animals only slightly
bruised
The trench had a sharp incline to an upper
terrace. about seven feet below the street level.
and Carman by coaxing and tugging on halters.
got the horses the terrace above They
could not Chamber out the rest Of the way and
ropes and Jacks were used TO lift them. Fifty
or sixty persons OF the big crowd which had
collected tried to pull the horses out, but were
not successful, and IL was necessary to send
for a derrick wagon before they could be pulled
out.
An electric used to get the dead horse
cut of the way. Ropes were tied around it and
attached to the Then the power turned
on and the pulled the carcass along the
track. The coach was dangerously falling
timber held il firmly.