The year is 1904, and it is a cold February day in Baltimore. In the firehouse stable, gentle Goliath, a giant dapple-gray Percheron, skitters and dances in his stall. The fireman know that something is making the horse twitchy, and when Goliath is twitchy, something is definitely wrong!
Just as he kicks out the side of his stall, the fire alarm sounds! Goliath's job, as lead horse, is to help pull the rig that holds the huge and heavy water tower. When they get to German Street,
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they find a building engulfed in flames. Near the fire, Goliath stands steady as the firemen attach hoses to the water tower and start to spray down the building.
Then KABOOM! The whole building explodes, and the sky is filled with raining flames, glass, and bricks. The rig is trapped! But mighty Goliath, though badly injured, puts his heart into the harnesses and, alone, he attempts to pull the rig and men to safety!
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