Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-08
DOG MAR00NED ON
ICE IN SCHUYLKILL
Isolated Ten Days in River,
Bears Charmed Life-Res-
cue Efforts Futile

\ little black dog is facing death on
cake Of ice in the Schuyllin Rive,
below Girard avenue bridge Dozens
Of woud-be rcscucrs line the river banks
ana are cndeaNOrinE to save the little
castaWaN. but resCu" promises to be 4
difficult task II is feared the thaw
may loosen the ice and carry the little
victim over Fairmouut Dam. The dog
has been isolated in the river for ten
day.
shortly after midnight faint barks
for help came from midstrcam park
guards and motorists flashed their lamps
along the surface Gf the river but could
not locate the origin of the canine an.
peal The barks grew fcchcr and were
finally silcnrod IT was generally he
lioved that death had cascd the animal's
suffering
But when the sun arose this morning
the form of the isolated animal was
seen on the Ice. For time it was he
lieyed that he had been frozen to death.
About I o'clock the dog rose. much
TO the @mazement of scores of men ON
tn" river banks. and shook itself. Rrcak-
fast consisted Of cracked ice and re-
mains of the lingering snow. Seeing
the crowds on the East shore along the
river drive the dog bade them good
morning and announced as well as it
could that il would like to be removed
TO safer ground.
Attempts to get out in boats were
futile. as the river is clOrgcd with leo
Il. that point VIII lc in some paris il is
not thick enough to bear much weight.
Word was sent 10 the Pcnnsylyanla
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals and Frank Il Rutherford. onor-
ative manager. Immediately seut ,u,
George NJ. Currler. an agent ,,ho
brought along many yards of rome and
incidentally some food.
The society has offered A reward 10
the person who brings the little bomoIos,
animal safely ashore. II it is mot ro,,
cued within few hours it will he shot
Park Guard Mccurrc said he found
dog on the ice in the river about two
weeks ago and after being fed IL djsap.
pcared. He thinks that the one now
marooncd in the river Is the same dog
How he exists is a mystery. but IL is
generally believed that he lives on frozen
iSh which have been washed up on the
ice cakes.
captain Duncan. Of the park guards
SAID II would be impossible to rescue tho
uos hhul the ice Jam gives WaV, The
dog cannot he reached with the boat "A.
the river is checked with ice. Hero and
there are few spots of water
Attempts TO reach the dog ON foot
have failed. No one got within 9oo foot
Of HIM. Several Of the moro daring of
those who ventured on the ice brought
meat and bread with them and tossed
II To the collie AS they balanced them-
selves on the trcacherous ice cakes,
Several persons brought guns In the
river bank and tried to shoot tho roIIia
rr'm the shore, But the dog seemed to
know that the strange objects noin,ed
toward him ""rriod danger ana bf
bohhed behind y Convenient cake of irr
every time the shore sharpshootcrs tooI
aim
/ Word of the dogs plight WAS 500,
flashed about the immedirtc neiphhor
hcod aud scores Of persons watched th,
| attempts to rescue him from Girard ave
nue. bridge For a time there was ,
rWnor that the Isolated animal yas MOI
a dog hut fox which had escaped from
N" Geological Gardens nearby. Inyesti
cation at the fox department of IN,
Zoo showed that this was untrue