The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-14
charged by Alice BARLEY with attempting to
| hold q post mortem on her. and by the officer
with sturbng the peace and using obscene
I1auUunpa
FLAMES FEARFUL WORK,
Destruction of Peter HDIaeu's stables
Corner Of Canal and T0nti streets
Ten Horses ana q Stable Roy Roasted
IN

Ten Horses ana u Stable 10y Roasted
to Death.
Attwenty minutes past o'clock this morning
an alarm OF fire was sounded from boxes Nos 152
and 154. The bells had hardly commenced
pealing their doleful warning when the heavens
were Illuminated by tho ravaging element.
Fhey were giving notice Of the confederation.
when the heavens. seeming to appreciate what
was being enacted on earth, opened their flood
gates, and rain fell in torrents.
The engines whose course was trscked hv-
the sparks from their smoke-stacks, dashed
through the streets. bound for the scene, fol-
lowed by the ever faithful lrsn1sn with yels
that would have done honor to q band of Sioux
Indians.
On reaching the scene. Mt the corner OF Canal
and Tonti streets. Mr.. 2. Holden's penning
stables were found in q blaze from one end to
Chief o o'connor concentrated the pipes of the
different engines on ths burning building, but
to save either 1t or the live stock Within proved
OF no avail.
The Representative Of this paper was in
stantly on the scene. and he was forced to wit
ness q most unusual and shocking sight, and
II. was the roasting alive Of ten horses Some
themselves, from the haters, while others had.
and those that were loose rushed up and down
the stable. kicking. rearing, aud pitching. urged
on by the hot Goals that fell upon their backs.
Some would lay down and roll on what was
once the floor of their stable. but at that mo-
rush into the stalls oT their chained
mpanions and bite and lascerate their flesh.
and In return were almost kicked to death
The flames at length became their master and
the tnaddened steed5 were roasted to death AS
the horses would take pieces out of eaei1 other
with their. teeth Goals would fall In the raw
spots and fry 1t.
The most remarkable part Of the burning Of
some OF these horses WAS the length of time
that 1t took for death to ensue. some Of them
standing as II petrifed, with the flesh burned
off Of them. even to the bone. The stencil
caused by the roasting Of the horses was SO in
tolerable that It could be- smelt for squares.
After the stable was . heap of smoulderfng
| ashes, It was stated by u number of persons that
met the same fate as the horses. having been
| roasted to death. Others said that he had
ESCAPED from the building: but diligent
search for his whereabouts proved fruitless,
and thu. statement that he was roasted on his
couch Of hay Is generally believed.
stabbed with Mr.. Holden that were destroyed
were Drs. Finney. Lewis and Smythe. 1t is
said that Dr. Smythe had thoroughbred colt
burned which was valued at $1,000
was i'm possible for him to estimate bis loss |;
that six Of the horses burned were his own
properly, together with q lot of hay and feed.
six buggies, ses era sets Of harness and,alI the
paraphernalia belonging to penning stable.
He thinks about ten Thousand dollars would
cover his loss He is insured in the FIremen,g
and In the London, Liverpool and Globe Insur-
ance companies, but the amount he did net
know.
It was impossible to estimate the loss of the
gentlemen who stabbed with Holden.t There
were only two horses saved from the flames.
It was impossible to ascertain how the fire
originated. but furnace being found near the
stable. it is supposed that fire had been built In
time came to extinguish it live coal had been
overlooked.