HORSE RESCUED ALIVE

The Strickler Building was one of the worst used by the storm of any of the structures in East St. Louis. It was absolutely razed to the ground and at least four people killed. Among those who lost their lives there were Special Tax Collector Sage and his wife, Phil Strickler, the driver, and Dr. C. E. Mill, perhaps the most prominent victims of the disaster.

There was a horse stabled in the basement. He used to draw one of Strickler's grocery wagons. After the building fell and people began to think again some of them remembered the poor animal, but thought, of course, lie must be dead, covered as lie was by the great mass of debris. The workmen bad been laboring ever since to get the wreck cleared away with a view to finding any more dead bodies that might be there.

Sunday night they heard sounds indicating that some. thing was alive somewhere in the debris. Great excitement followed this discovery. Labored breathing could be beard, and the sound of something struggling as though to get freed from the crushing weight.

Efforts were redoubled by the men. They felt sure they were about to come upon some poor torn and bleeing man or woman, but when the last stick was lifted the dirty nose of the horse was seen.

In some miraculous way the animal seemed to be in pretty fair spirits. A bridge of timbers had formed over him in such a manner as to keep him from being mashed to death. Monday morning a quantity of oats was let down to the lucky prisoner and a bucket of water was sent after it. The poor creature was famished and ate and drank ravenously.

Great care was exercised by the men to prevent the props from tumbling out, and the horse was finally got out unhurt.