New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
HORSE FALLS In SUBWAY.
TIES UP SURFACE LINES
Ammal Takes Trip IN Brooklyn
Tunnel Through Roof.

Billy. big bay horse, whose occupation in M.
is drawing delivery wagon of Brooklyn depar,-
ment store, gained the distinction yesterday aftar
noon Of being the first horse to travel through tn
Brooklyn subway incidentally he was the cau,.
of a tremendous tie-up of all the trolley lines 4,
Fulton-st. In the rush period. Half an hour wa.
spent in Intellectual attempt TO drag him ON,
where he fell in. Finally he fell away through -
the bottom. and was led through the subway fo
two blocks TO the shaft at DeKalb-ave.. where ;,
hoisted into the upper world again
Fulton-st. through the shopping district is an
torn up by the subway workers, and the only clear
roadway is along the trolley tracks. where the ~.
cavation had been boarded over. Billy draufn
a wagonIoad of merchandise and driven by Bents'
min o'Rourke. started up Fulton-st. at O'Clock
Opposite Duffield-st. a small donkey. astrids a,
which young man dressed in a grotesoua
costume, for advertising purposes, was slowly am
bling down the street Billy looked up and seeing
this strange combination almost in front OF him
jumped sideways against the wooden rail guardinz
the tunnel excavation. The barrier gave way ara
Billy and the wagon turned upside down and fell n
o'Rourke. the driver. and his helper jumped to N,
roadway and saved themselves.
About four feet below the surface is a ne+vvo-x
of pipes, and on these the horse and wagon lodged
Billy's back rested a big water pipe his head
on a gas pipe. One leg was so wedgad under an
other pipe that he could move.
In a few minutes the street was filed with large
crowd and the police reserves had difficulty in keep
ihS tue people AZ a SaIs distance Tron the
ton. The uptown track of the trolley line was
completely blocked. and the cars piled up in a close
line way back to the bridge. Finally after much
switching, they were diverted down wiloughby-st
and into Fulton-st.. above the blockade. by way OF
GOd-st.
Employees OF the department store Joined in draw
ing the wagon out of the excavation by means Of =
block and tackle attached to the elevated structure
above. The wagon was righted and dragged of
to the store. Then an attempt was made 10 draw
Billy out in the same way. BY this time he
had become nervous over the tremendous fuss, and
when they raised him from his bed the pipe and
released his leg from its confinement he began to
kick vigorously
The tackle was not strong enough. and as y
slipped from the hands of the workers Billy
began to settle down into the excavation at the
side of the pipes. Finally he reached the bottom.
twelve feet below. Finding himself resting earth
again he got his feet. Although he was sight
y cut and somewhat bruised the horse able
to move about An officer of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty Animals and super
ntendent of the department store stables went into
the excavation and, after talking reassurlngy to
Billy who was trembling with fright, quieted MIN.
After a trip of two blocks the shaft at De Kab-
ave. was reached. Here a big belt was fastened
around the horses body and derrick lifted Billy
out again in jiffy. He seemed nightly pleased.