Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
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. venturcd near it since there was moth .
ing TO warrant exploration, II was
/ an abandoned quarry no one lived near
1t why should any one visit the vi
Clnityf
/ Autos Discovered by Accident
/ Chance, that governor of destinies,
entered the situation and brought J0-
scph Miller. ii, fifteen year old hunter
of rabbits, near~ the.quarry. On the sur.
face Of the water he saw the body Of II
horse, on the edge Of the excavation t..
self he saw torn brush and hoof dug
ground where the animal had ma,lC des-
rcrate efforts tn keep from falling.
II was he who told state Troopers
McCarty and Laffcrty. They found
there was but one way to remove the
animals body from the place, although
it would have disturbed or annoyed no
one, and that wns attach ropes and
drag 1t up the steep inclinrs.
They built raft aud on This pre-.
cNrloNs craft set themselves floating on
the water in the quarry that they
might drug out the hors" They had
lCug r'uns attached to GraNplirg irons
Just as they were about to attach one
IRON il slipped, fell off the edge of the
raft and tho rope sIurmed ont its length
to the bottom OF the quarry
The troopers pulled The roro stuck
They bo,h pulied and thc rnnn s,iIi
stuck Thov vapkej and inrloL many
tin,rs and whom u lid como Ioosn tbcre
was something ottorLcJ NrIort, .ond
I 1rTcrrv IooLnd NJ cscb o+bnr TIA ="
mcrbcrcj - Iety ,-Son,he bcforo ,vbe,
thcv bpd yrSnnTcd Ills ;donttcoI. snoI
for ,br bofsSs ~ tvo Forr, %a,Gs ~
WHOM ,beir from co,Sc t1 nm s,'rfaca
it nad the rear seat of what wns cvi..
IDENTIFY a iiivv"r. " They know NJ nnw
one world know that people don't drive
to ahaudDned QuarricS to throw In a
rear seat # an automobile. Leaving the
body ot the horse there. they got their
raft back to shore and reported to their
superior officers.
Some time passed before they were
able tu get pump out 10 the quarry
and had started !, working, getting the
water ont. Then It was mntter Of
getting men who would volunteer TO
help in the work and heavy motor
truck to assist.
All the prpparations had tppn made.
and sunday morning, despite the rapidly
falling snow. more than three score nf
men and twenty women had come in
autoulobilrs to holm Ieorr what serrpts
thr quarry water concealed
With tho raft serving 10 carry scycrnI
men ont whCrc thew rould drnu hook
tho work started
Tho hooks settled on sometime ha.
meath the surface and forty mon holding
the end started to null, t;rnJuoIIv tLrv
worked hack tbrouvh tbn nInns toyarI
the road their backs bent with tLc
weight on tho other cud. thrlr cvns
blinded with flakes of snow.
,,ooo,c. r3,d;o.
A''''e4 A'""''o'
suddenly everything gave way. Men
went SrraWiihG III all hlrcCtohS: sliding
taco down IN me inud ana Slu'h. Ih"y
got up ana pnIIcd the rope. now coming
easily ana io9hd on the END the radiator
~ ~ po"'Tldl touring car
Inc WORK started again ana H." en-
Ssode was repeAt" only TINS time the
h"Nd or an autotnooiie was rescued.
Men SWore whlle they wiped the .mud
from their eyes ana scraped 1t from
their clothes' mere was an eager
ruSl D! every one |" the e"ge or inc
quarry 10 see what prize iad been
brought this time.
well we |! work until we get AT
, least one. expressed by on" "f the
{ men received approval or the rest OF
me volunteers
ne Jhiru aU"ihnt was moro success
full Through III" binding flakes, those
not Stralnlng ON IN" rope saw square
Shlldge nose It's way above the surface
Of the water and send ont little rpplcS.
Everybody shouted. While tho human
/ emf OF the rug wa h"Id tight two