The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-08
MINNEAPOLIS
HORSE DROPS into
WEST HOTEL AREA
Tries to Break inao q Turkish
Bath But IS Finally
Rescued.

A brown horse, one Of the team at
tached to the Catholic Boys. orphanage,
slipped yesterday afternoon and broke an
iron railing and fell to the bottom of the
long narrow space between the West hotel
and the alley which opens on Hennepin
avenue. The animals was unhurt and made
frantic efforts to escape, but the space
was scarcely wide enough for the horse
to turn around, and after making unsuc
cessful efforts to break into the West.
hotel kitchen and Turkish bath parlors
it became resigned to its fate. Not until
late in the afternoon was the horse res
cued, when causeway of stout planks
was made and the animal led up to the
street
The wagon was driven by one of the in
mates of the orphanage, and he was driv-
ing from the rear of the hotel to the
street. The alley is very slippery at that
point, and in trying to let another pass,
the driver went too close to the railing
which surrounds the opening. The near
horse slipped and fell on the iron rail,
breaking it, and dropped to the bottom of
the opening
The falling horse. threatened, to carry.
the covered wagon, the driver and the
other horse, but fortunately the harness
snapped, and what would have been
more serious accident was averted. AS it
was the driver escaped unhurt and the
other horse was not injured. When the
fallen horse alighted it was to frightened
to make an cutlery, but as soon as 1T re-
covered it set up cry efor ITS mate and
began investigating its strange surround
ings with the idea of escaping in view.
At one end of the long, paTEoW hole there
is a door which leads into the basement
of the West hotel. The frightened horse
tried to get. through the door but its eff
forts only brought tles employees of the
hotel to the windows and doors.
Makes for Turkish bath.
BY dint of compact twist, the horse
turned around and began afresh its ex-
ploration this time heading for the Turk
below the barber shop on. the Hennepin
avenue side of the hotel building. Sew
eral windows open into the. space, and
the horse made an effort to gain its free
dom by breaking two. but the venture
was a failure. ~ =, y G 96t6
!. "A large crowd gathered inaeonsequence
of the accident. and the remaining rails
on the edge of the hole were lined with
south side of the West hotel was a frame
for a chambermaid's head. All of the
bystandefs were ready with theories and
suggestions as to how the horse should
be pulled out of its narrow prison. Sew
eraI suggested securing a block and tackle
and attaching the fallen horse to one end
OF the rope and a team, of heavy truck
horses to the other and thus pull up the
animal
One man suggested that the arrange
ment employed to take safes from seven.
story windows be used, but the suggestion
was not acted upon by the self appointed
committee of bystanders which took
charge OF the horses welfare. 1t was
decided to lay heavy planks against the
stairs which go half way down at the
iennepfn avenue end of the hole and lead
the now quiet and forlorn animal to the
street level.
Some heavy .planks were secured at
once and small boards nailed across them
to prevent the horse from slipping. After
a long delay the committee on rescue de-
c1ded that everything was in readiness
FOR the first attempt at releasing the
After much coaxing the sorry nag con-
sented to be led up the improvised road
way to the iron steps, which it maintained
with some difficulty but finally reached
When the horse reached the street the
crowd s gave three cheers, and then went