Horse is Drowned in City Street

1920

Animal Sinks in Slush and Water 5 Feet Deep

MANCHESTER, N. H. — Alderman John Dana French lost one of a pair of roan horses, valued at $400, when the team sank through the honeycombed ice and slush on a residence street, East Manchester, and the horse went out of sight in four and one-half feet of water. The driver, Joe Beauais, was injured and suffered from exposure in the cold, slush and water while trying to save the animals.

The other animal of the pair was saved from death by the heroic efforts of the driver who, using some boards from the nearby dump, made an improvised boat and reached the animal, which was then in about four feet of water. He cut all the harness from the animal's back, thus allowing the horse to be dragged to safety later by a rope, which was attached to its back.

The central station of the fire department was notified of the accident and Chief French and Deputy Chief Merrill went to the scene to offer all possible assistance. But it was too late, for the horse in trying to get out of the position into which it had so suddenly dropped, fought harder to relieve itself only to become entangled in the harness and sink beneath the surface.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 27, 1920, page 2.