Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1914 — Derrick Hoists Horse Lying on Back in a Hole [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Derrick Hoists Horse Lying on Back in a Hole

DETROIT, MlCH.—Thousands of persons the other afternoon gathered oil Griswold street and clustered in the windows of adjoining office buildings as the police strove to rescue a blind horse which had fallen into a ten*

foot areaway. Business was halted until the animal had been extricated. For more than two hours the animal lay on its back at the bottom of the areaway while the police and volunteer rescuers pondered over ways and ' means of getting it out. The areaway is about 15 feet long, 5 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The police found it impossible to use their tripod derrick, which is used to raise horses which havd slipped on wet pavements, because there was no ledge in the adjacent building wall ot which a pole could be rested. The police were puzzled how’ to proceed. A spectator suggested a moving van hoisting outfit. The animal welfare ambulance with ropes and tackle was also summoned. With all this apparatus on the scene the rescuers were still unable to hit on a feasible

plan. Finally one of the officers expressed the opinion that the trick might be turned by running a stout beam out from a second story window of a building, attaching hoisting tackle to it and obtained a hoisting engine to provide the lifting power. While the beam was being put in place an officer borrowed a hoisting engine from a construction job in the neighborhood. Two other officers descended into the areaway and at the risk of being injured by the frantic animal fastened ropes and chains around the horse. The engine was then started and the horse was slowly lifted from the hole and deposited gently on the ground while the big crowd cheered.