, 1865-12-12
Obstructive FIRES,
Eiehteea HoFses Roasted Alive-Aoss
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$4f0VNs
Atsbout kalfpsst seven o'clock last night, hre
Hes discovered tssufra rom long wooden shrd
attached 10 the brick stable belonging 70 Mr..
Frederick Balls located On the corner Of Peoria and
fonrth Streets The shed was allied with hay,
which ~ss cousumed In vey few minutes. And
the Gre then swept through the wtndovs into the
main s'ab!e, In which were twenty horses and I
Gov" The taue@ spread wi.k sneh terrible r1pldity
tnas i ~ impossible to rescue tho poor animals,
deo 9tga!sq .. ths P;shed Ths "
sas nealsss loeated engine reached the scens Of
81 enno 'n6 on aaa tas department. could rsndt1 vi
iag nai!a3ngA By the almost superhu1asn eiiorts
o. tesefa! spectators. dve Of Tho horses we're got
en XII! q rns PET but three Of them xer 20
hem- Tho othcr two were no. badly injured.
While erdcasoting to lescue pis con, NJ. Bals
narrowly escaped With his life; biz eye brows and
we1e much injured BY rmoke and heat.
1he screams OF The poor animals a they were
6enE roasted ays we're terrible. and could be heard
los bloets around. Their sudetieed, hoEnver, wyre
not OF long durntion, as the stable vas filed With
the most tnnammable material.
The stable was attached to Mr. Bals' boarding
to ihe CITY to do business md tie horses belonged,
wss built Of brick two stories high, aud was e,ztJ
65 r. s broad The shed e
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st15e hay In md aleo as shelter for vehicles.
The baln and shed coat g 800 90 aud werc damaged
s1 hs no sffn e sso' bSs s e Tish M s BE-
ef h,y, wo!th 11so thi1ty % bashs: % Il @ oa.s; ia
The oiher horses I'VE were The properly % 10 Of the follow
hOises vslaed Il tsss Easn:t I:omsa, q Jeasrson.
cago. 6or.e 9 xoTh " sl H. aeidbeFr' 'ps Gblcsaa
1orse worth $aD; 4. Schroeder, uear Rosehill,
horse a1d harness worth $50; lii. Heinn.
worth ss H. seSsattz % Of teaggo h0,ses oas
bo.ses xolta Ssss; nen5y K6sihs!at, q E;ons. ,ns
two hosse:, worth Sa0o; Herman Baer. Of New
Trier. 1wo horses, worth S3l5, and Mr. Schmaltt,
of Harlem. one hoIse, worth $175 The eutirs loss
a. aan aggregate Y $,oo, on which there Is not one
The cause Of the fire is unknown, but Ii supposed
@ be tne feault Of caEelessness upon the part OF
'one smoker.
Fire this Morning.
A disastrous f1c broke out shout 2 o'clock Ibis |
morning in The brunch Of Kendall's bakery at the |
:ofner OF E1dridge court and Slate st1eet. It ORR
,tnatcd In the engine roon, and from that The Ire
ras speedily communicated to the rest Of the build
ps which VS. speedily enseloped t. flames TIE
ss sesht as s we're buRaasss Ra@s' vsre e a1%esi %e5
ntirely consumed before t6e iso could !
e s9hdned. The corner portion OF the bakery,
tore. appeared TO be less damaged Than The o:her
afta, but the interior was completely destroyed,
rom the bakery the dre spread across the narrow
LEY which separates Il from the adjoinlng Ten.
mems On the Court, and soou two dwelling hou-
e: occupied by Mr. ChAse and Mr. |
!ohertson. were Involved In the futu,
he hremen succeeded, however.
checking It's progress to eome extent. and The
outea Wers only partially damaged. On State
!rcet, the flames caught the furniture store OF
'osstcs & 1olman, whieh suffered naatera1 Injury.
barn IN the rear containing hay, was entirely de.
tfoyed- AT snch Late hour 1t WAS Impossible to |
scctain any reliable facts concerning the losses OF
1sufances. |