The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-28
VOL. XLyI.--N0. lSl.
MURRAY HILL FRIGHTENED.
r,rrY coon HORSES BURNED AND A
ROtHDTNG SCHOOL THREA TENED.
-. Osborne In FInh Avenue seorehed-The
Mise. In Mrs. Reeds school Very RudeIy
Awakened, but Following Their Instrne-
,,ons CooIIy and Retiring In Coed Order.

hirl street were destroyed by fire at an early |
hour Yesterday morning They wcro situated
An the south side Of the street. and separated by |
nnly a single house from Fifth avenue The |
snartment house known rs the Osborne" bo- |
io,ginp TO the estate of tho late Mmo. Rcstell. |
backed directly upon the stables the frontage
being on tho avenue. Nine. Rcstells house
stands "A little further down. on the corner Of
Fifty.se9ond street Opposite. In Fifty-second
street, were other stables. which almost Joined
those that were destroyed. East. at 8 and 8
Finy.thrd street. stood tho large double house
Of Mrs. Caroline Roed. half Of which is used rs
4 girls school
The stable which was destroyed was The prop
erty Of Mnthurin Livingstone Of Twenty fourth
nreet ant was leased by Mr.. S. A. Fry. who
lives at 500 Fourth avenue. The building was
burned literally to the ground. and its whole
contents. including fifty valuable horses. per-
lshed.
Mr. Fry. the proprietor. left the stables at
about o. on Wednesday evening, In company
with Hugh Mccormick. who for fifteen years
has been coachman in tho employ OF Mrs.
Tobias Of Forty seventh street. At tho time Of
HE leaving everything in the stable was right
and in good share. John Gallaghan. the night
watchman. was left In charge. as usual. Mr..
Fry crossed over TO his home in Fourth avenue
aud went to bed. At 2k no was awakened by
John Gallaghan. who called out from the street
below that the stable was on hre. Mr. Fry hur-
rie lily dressed himself and went around to the
stable Ho found the three upper stories OF the
building in flames. and 1t was too late to take
any measures to save anything inside
GallaRhan Ia a man about % years OF age.
married. and considered sober and trust
worthy. He says that he first discovered the
fire in the second story OF the stable in the
He wns cleaning harness in the basement when
he first smelt smoke. II was then he thinks
about =. He ran up 10 the first floor. whore
tlr smoke WIS much thicker. He then assembled
into the third story. whore the smoke was sui
flcatingly thick. and the watchman perceived
gleam OF FIRE In the southeast corner.
The stable building. it should be explained.
was four stories in height above the basement.
The basement was used for horses. the first
Fl por for cnrriages the second floor for horses.
tire third floor for carriages and a harness
rom. and the fourth door hs n repository for
hay. grain. and seighs. A runway for horses
ran from tho basement to the first story. and
another runway from the first story TO the sec
ond Each OF those runways was about eight
fset wide. and on the outer edge OF each. sep
aTated by wooden partition three feet high. ran
stairway thirty inches in width. The whole
runway was divided from the main room by
/ oard wall running. both In the basement and
Ia the nrst story. from moor 10 celllng.
One light WAS kept burning all night In the
Easement. another at the head OF tho upper
runway in the second story and another in the
harness room on the third floor. Each OF these
lights consisted Of a gas jet. suspended from
the ceiling and left exposed There were also
three fires in the building. in stoves-one In the
Easement. one on the first and one on the third
moor. There were forty stalls for horses in the
basement. and forty-hye on the second floor. Al
the time OF the breaking out OF the fro twelve
horses were tied in tho basement stalls. and
thirty-eight in those in the second story. The
building had ifty feet frontage on Fiity-third
areet and depth Of ninety Ave feet.
Shortly before he discovered the smell of
pnoke Gallnghan had been in the harness
room. on tho third floor. When he went into
tho basement he turned the gas down very low
a the harness room. hut did not put It out Ii
Wns the duty OF Gallaghan each night 20 clean
tle hnrness 10 attend O. the nr"s. md T. witch
the lights ami nuke TIE rounds ~ ihe hnilflng
from time e. time. II" keeps awake the ght
lhrOugh. Choked hy IA" snok" ~ soon ~ h"
bud mounted the runway into ths se'oni story
south emil OF tho room. Gtllaghnn instantly de-
cilel that IL would be- u~s'ss for him I" attempt,
unadrd 10 put out IN" 4 lme-. and dfscrn ling
q" stairway ngnn ran hi2 lh" etr'"t mn, NM .n,ul
kr help. Nobody " IS 10 De- seen. IN" Wh n
man ran out into Fltth "yrnn" hni loRtTSrh up
tnurd on until he came to sixth avenue. hni
still he lid not meet SOU. Al The tlm" IN"
snow wns falling. and p"rhwrst wind drove
II almost hteray through the thor"u ,hihrrs.
pedestrian could srnr""ly see or breathe
Iauhan cnmc 10 Sixth avenue and turned down,
running. until he cnme to the district
eGEr%Ph S'e ,bsTa ,sS ho sr net
human b"ing. H. dashed In nnd told of n"
fr,. and drscribed us locality. An nlnrm, T. ne
POllre aud Fire Departments WAS ininrdiht"ly
sent out aud a man from tn" district once re-
burned then with G9llaEhan io ne scenr oi con.
engine was Just running m md numl"r ni
policemen were on the spot. irnugit an ny iur
district alarm. I'll" whole upper phrt OF mo
build ng WIS 10y that tim" ~ q ms. 1,".AE' n a.
hurried OF then 10 arouse Mr Fly II WIS ga
O'Clock by the time he reached the nous" oi ihr
There WIS nothing to be done. and no chance
b. g't out the hors"s AT the time h"lp nrrlNrL
The entire huihiiug WINS burning lurinurly.
The nrr made qu rk work. lH-'ing only about
two hours. The walls fell on" .t@r hnotnrr
kauiuy on :" 'vtird rroun | on Murray M
tho Il tm"s could b" seen up and down and
across the rity Tor several miles,
As -nid nity Inrsr@ were iu Il q stable. md
no one vs. snved Thr only 'uaitrr- saved
indrrd ont ~ the whole gr'ut stock. w"rr two
slnfphs The owners IT tie hur- - cnrringr@.
anl Slrighs that were destroyed w"rr ~ follows
Mr. Tobias. o Forn S,on, street two horses nni
Mr. rh6oiorr Hsvcmeycr now absent in Europe two
Mr. Il II Danham Two horses. two carriages. snd one
Mr. John Plat three horses and two carriages
NJ CharloS two horses uireo carriages, and one
ON ,ss @G" SsioG c'9 " oitSSr r's 5 ''''''
Nj WIN A p,Nlcv, two horses. two carriages AMI one
sieish. valued NJ S3tsD
Mr. hamburger one horse. three earriases and oDe
sleigh
Mr. Hayes two carriages and sl@rh.
Mr. v : Cou0Vrr. the PARK Commissioner one horsr
road nuh one s'ish. vain u NJ slOr
Mr. Singer two tnr-r-. tvn cHrriase~ mi one s"irh
Mr. Bi.hnp two hnT- = tWo carriages, and "ne sl'lsh
Mr. ID T. Mor.A tour horses and tour carriages
amons them Imported French landau, value all W
Erher. t5Vpl
Mr. Ross. two hor-+s. two carriages. ana one 5'Ah.
Mr. q g. Winchester. two hnrses, val '1 At ~ go ~
imported nda . and four sets u harness valued alto
NJ Brown two hursAs nnd one carriage,
Mr. spAuding two horses and one carriage, valued a
Bil
Mr. Pry he kr' per Of tho stabioL three horses, ON
WAGON and one slcish.
NJ Hyatt 1ne hurre-
There wns one other horse burned IN th'
stable which WIS brought 10 the stable only re-
Gently. ana Whubu owner Mr.. Fry yHStrrdhl
could not recall. Tho three horses mentions,
A. belonging to Mr.. FRY were only heid by hin
for sHle. All nf the horses burned were 'Wr
riage horses belonging To- wealthy parsons Nv
Ing in thr neighborhood. None Of them WA
famous tor speed or for any special quality. hu
oil NJ them could he cHlrd. in general terms
fine animals The worth ot ea'h horse. Othrl
than those in"niioncd. nnd the loss u "h'l