The Washington times., 1912-02-27
HORSE AND WAGON
NEARLY DISAPPEAR
IN ANACOST|A M|RE
Rescued by Police and En-
ployes of District Water
Department.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.

WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ANACosTIA, ID. c.. FEB. a.
1t required the united efforts of four
policemen with block-and- falls and a
generous supply of rope to rescue the
horse and market wagon of Mrs. Ida
Duvall from a miry bed into which
they had sunk while Mrs. Duvall was
driving home from market yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Duvall, who is about
nifty years old, was given an extreme
shock when she realized that the
horse and vehicle were sinking into the
earth. With a cry of alarm she leaped
to place OF safety. In a short time
both horse and wagon were nearly out
of sight.
When Mrs. Duvall called for as
sistance several residents of the neigh
borhood responded, and a hurry call
was sent to the Anacostia police sta
ton. Mounted Sergeant Cornwell and
Policemen Tarmon, Gee and Waters
responded in the patrol wagon with
ropes and block-and- falls. The Water
Department was notified at the same
time, as the accident had occurred near
the. Ridge and Anacostia roads, where
water main has been installed recent
ly. The Water Department at once
The policemen proceeded TO attach
the block-and-falls to the horge. which
had broken loose from the wagon. Then
they tied their rope around big tele-
graph pole and pulled the animal out,
but not until Policeman Waters had
sunk into the earth to his waist. Az
ter half an hours hard work the horse
was brought out, when an amusing cli-
max was reached, as the animal DASH
ed down the road to its home, a quar-
ter OF a mile away.
Secretary Albert E. Beck. of the Ana
costa Citizens Association, is endeav-
oring to ascertain whether the Commits
sioners have taken any action on the
request made by the association that a
police regulation be promulgated, re-
quring all vehicles moving in the same
direction as street cars on highways
where there are double tracks to come
to stop thirty feet from the car when
passengers wish to board or leave a
car. The association initiated action
several months ago, forwarding copy
of it's proposed regulation. and 1t was
believed favorable action by the Com
missioners would follow. Secretary
Beck has transmitted another communi-
cation on the same subject
James T. Harrison has removed with
his family to a new home, near Bay
Ridge.
The annual election of officers for the
Sunday school of the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church resulted in the re-
election of the entire board, as follows:
Lloyd W. Biddle. superintendent; Will
liam A. Shell, assistant superintendent;
Alexander b. Garden, secretary and
treasurer; Miss Florence Cummings. pi-
anist; A. N. Garden, librarian and as
sistant secretary.
The formation of a general committee
to work for definite improvements that
1t IS hoped to have effective within a
few years will be broached at the COM
ing meeting of the Anacostia Citizens
Association. This committee, II named.
will be known as the 1874 committee"
or by some similar designation indica-
tive OF its purpose to secure by a GER
tain year the improvements that the as
ISOLATION will consider as most worthy
of special effort.
The orchestra of the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church has returned TO
service once more. Those who will play
in 1t this season are Mrs. Daisy Gar
den, cornetist; Miss Florence Cum
mings, pianist, and George Maier, vio-
linist.
The Lenten program at the Esther
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church,
Congress Heights, provides for special
services each Wednesday evening, con-
Quoted by the Rev Charles F.. Sontag,
rector. There was a large attendance OF
parlshioners at Sundays services, when
the Rev. Richard Williams, archdeacon
of the diocese of Washington, delivered
the sermon, speaking on "A Cup of
Water"