A Rescue Ladder for Treacherous Ice 



By its use a skater who has fallen through thin 

 ice can be saved without danger to the rescuers 



When the cry for help is heard the rescuing apparatus is pushed out until the pole and 

 ladder can be grasped by the skater, who, with its aid is pulled safely to the shore 



MAN through the ice! Wherever 

 there is ice skating — and careless, 

 overly venturesome skaters — that 

 cry is sure to rend the air. If these 

 persons are fortunate their calls for help 

 will probably be answered by a rescue 

 party with a rope. But due to the thin- 

 ness of the ice where it has been broken 

 through, rescue. with a rope is a difficult 

 matter and dangerous for the rescuers. 

 But, with the aid of a new apparatus 

 invented by George Hanlon, foreman 

 in the Department of Parks, of New 

 York city, lying ready for use in an 

 emergency, the chances of fatal conse- 

 quences of the accident are greatly re- 

 duced. The device comprises an ordinary 

 fifteen-foot ladder with a shorter ladder 



pivoted at one end and a pole mounted 

 under the long ladder to hold the shorter 

 one in place. This outfit is carried on a 

 sled, on which the rescuers haul it to 

 the spot where the skater has gone 

 through. Obviously, the sled can be kept 

 on the thicker ice ten feet away from the 

 hole, while the pole is brought back to 

 release the short ladder so that it drops 

 into the hole. On this the person to be 

 rescued can climb to safety. 



If the skater is not able to help himself, 

 however, the big ladder can be removed 

 from the sled and be slid over the ice 

 until it straddles the hole. Someone will 

 then walk out and with a grappling hook 

 haul out 'the unfortunate one, lay him 

 on the ladder and draw him to shore. 



The ladder may be straddled over the hole so that one of the rescuing party may stand 

 on it and locate the body with grappling hooks in case the skater has become helpless 



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