The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-27
A DRAMA ON ICE.
An Unusual Spectacle Viewed by
People of Duluth.

An Unusual Spectacle Viewed by
People of Duluth.
The Duluth News Tribune of Feb.
20 has the following graphic account
of men and team adrift in ice
Quite sensation was produced in
Duluth yesterday shortly after noon
by report that large section of the
ice field opposite Duluth had become
detached and was floating lakeward,
bearing men and teams engaged in
cutting ice for storage. All that any
body had to do to ascertain the truth
of the. report was to get view of the
lake opposite Twenty-first avenue,
east. The men and two horses could
be seen on the retreating ice field,
with broad ribbon of water extend
ing between them and the shore.
Manager H. G. Inman of the Duluth
Towing and Wrecking Company,
heard of the plight of the men and
hastened to have steam gotten up in
the tug Superior but the services of
the latter were not required, as it af-
terward developed.
1t was a few minutes to 70 o'colclI
yesterday and the men engaged at
cutting and plowing ice hsppened to
notice that a crack in the field, which
ran almost parallel, with the shore,
500 feet out, was widening. II was 20
feet wide before 1. was noticed at all,
and the outer field must have moved
very suddenly. for the East End Ice
Company's team had been driven
across the treacherous place but a
few minutes before. On the detached
ice were half a dozen OF the Duluth
Ice Company men and two horses.
lat IN ndO dOa Of ha ifn
and found that they were slowly
drifting outward the field being
moved by strong southerly wind.
The men called for assistance. and
small boats were quickly launched. 1t
was easy enough to rescue the men.
but to get the horses out of the pre-
dicament was another thing.
Among the men on the floating ice
field was Arthur st. German. Carl
Bush. William Hay. John Bronquist
and William Miere. The last named
man is the ice foreman for the Duluth
Ice Company. He consulted with the
other men and IL was agreed that the
only sure way of saving the horses was
to cut out q huge cake of ice and float
them across the ever widening strip of
water to the solid shore ice. The
horses were accordingly placed I'm ia
vorable position. one behind the other
and about 100 feet apart The ice az
this point was about ten inches thick.
The men worked the saws with unac-
customed energy and when they got
through the horses stood on an ice
island. or ice raft. seventy-five feet
wide and 200 feet long. Arthur 81.
Germain held one horse and William
Hay the other. 10 keep them from NOV
ing about and getting too close to-
gether. A hole Was made through the
ice about fifteen feet from the side
nearest the shore. A long rope had
been secured from the shore and one
end was tied about the center Of
piece Of board The latter WAS showed
through the hole and rested Hat under
meath the bee. Then the men in the
boats got hold ~ the other end of the
rope ana tie oarsmen go 40 work to
f0a tho novel rafi ana iif burden tO
fhf solid See field near the shore, A.
was heavy pull. buf once the lro ran
NAf started q WAS easily Kept moving
Hf SLOW rate when af lasf fhf nafar
had hron frnfffafa 900 enc irf fHn laY
Hlnnnrler fnf shore NrlQ fhf iuen bold
inE ihf horses were fauilpnc9 to riand