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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