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Horse and Man Down a Well.

Last Sunday Berman Kline while at the farm of Mrs. Mike Haley in Baldwin met with a most peculiar accident, and one that in nine cases out of ten would result in injury or death. The team was standing near the well, and one of the horses in some manner got its hind feet into the well and was in great danger of going down. Mr.  Kline got hold of the horse’s head and held him while others assisted in un-hitching the team. The horse was no sooner loosened than he slid backwards down the well, twenty-five feet deep, and Mr. Kline holding on like grim death pitched downwards on top of the horse. The horse was held in an up-right position by the pipe. Kline was quickly pulled out and efforts were at once made to get the horse out. A derrick was secured and with blocks and tackle the animal was safely brought to the top of the well and restored to terra firma with hardly a scratch. Princeton Union May 8, 1902

 

 

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