The daily gazette., 1879-11-26
A Hundred Horses Burned.
THE STABLES OF A STREET RAILWAY
COMPANY .DEsTRoYED-aETTING OUT
THE HORSES.

THE STABLES OF A STREET RAILWAY
COMPANY DEsTRoYED-GETTIN OUT
THE HORSES.
NEW YORK, Nov. Is.
The cry OF newsboy, at $50 O'Clock,
this morning, called attention to . fire
which proved very disastrous. The
flames were bursting out Of q third
story window Of the immense building
Of the Eighth Avenue Horse Railway
Company, at Eighth avenue and Fiftisth
street. The building wa, OF brick, and
had frontage Of Que hundred feet ON
the avenue. The flames spread with
great rspldity, notwithstaud ding that the
engines poured great volumes Of water
into the building. There were but few
employees In the building, but they rush.
I'd TO the rescue Of the hundreds of
horses, and the firemen lent willing
hands. Inclined planes from the third
to the second and from the second TO the
first floor were uilt for the purpose of
bringing the horses down. The animals,
frightened 1t the roaring flames, refused
to Judge, and It was with great difficulty
that any Of them could be saved. The
work of getting them out was one of
great difficulty, fraught with extreme
danger. Blinded by the smoke and
flames that forced their way down from
the floor above, now q sea of fire, and
terribly frightened, they kicked and rear
ed and could ardly be led from their
stalls. The terror-stricken brutes, with
painting nostrils and widely dislended
eyes, stood still, - II root to the spot.
Sclluyl.r Ellsworth, an old servant I
the c0mpany,w was prominent IN the work
of saving the beasts, and succeeded In
rescuing more than one hundred. Fully
seven buudred were res ued in all, one
hundred perishing in the flames.
The piteOus whinDeying v Ut the agoniz-
ed animals could be heard absve the roar
OF the fire, aud the fiTemen. under Chief
Campbell made determined attempt to
reach them after the men had abaDdoned
The task, but were driven back. The
were say ed from the fismes, but were yet
scorched or burned by them, were terri
BILE to witness. Many of them were ter
ribly burned and their flesh peeled over
them IN long strips. The dumb brutee
looked around at the crowd gathered
about the door out Of which they were
led with an almost human expression
and groancd aloud in their awful agony.
One horse had both bis eyes burned out
and the spectacle Of the empty sockets,
from which streams of blood were h0w
ing, was s'ckening In the extreme
Meanwhile the flames bad gained COM
plete mastery over the firemen. They
roared through ont the vast building and
when the hay IN the bales caught fire the
sudden bursting OF the bands caused
several explosions. On tho Fiftieth
! street side, extending almost the entire
length of the long block from Eighth to
| Ninth avenues, the flames spread with
frightful yapidity, owing to the fact that
immense quantities Of baled hay and
feed we're stored there. 1t was here tha,
several gallant but unfortunate fremeI
| were mangled.
A ladder, had been run up against thu
wall and three members OF Eugine Com
pany No. =, of Harlem, were at work
Without me ments warning the wal
fell In, carrying the ladder and the fire
men with IL. On the ladder were Chic
SAMUEL Campbell. of the Seventh Batta
| ion; Foreman ohm Welsh, of Engine
| 8; Fireman Harry G. Mount and Den
n Regan, of the same company. A
shout Of tOrror went up from then COM
rades, who instantly fell to work viii
the desperation of niadmen to exIricatt
their fellow workers from the debris o
the wall. Dug out, they were brOugh
Into store ON the corner and the polic'
sent out for ambulances. Three, al
from Bellevue, responded to the sum
mons, and Regan and Mount were ia
ken to the hospital. Mounts leg ant
head were injured, ami he had sustained
internal injuries, from which death ma.
ensue. Regans left leg was broken ant
he was otherwise bruised. He is tn,
same man who was injured last year,
was thought at the time fatally-at th'
fire In a Vesey street tea house. Chic
Campbell was injured about the feet, su
refused to leave his post till his wOrl
was done. His escape from instant dealt
was almost miraculous.
Tho heat was SO intense that the waite
tower was used. The men working
had narrow escape from falling walls
Before ten O'Clock the fire was unde
control, but only portions Of the wall
remain standing. The loss Is estimate
at from $500 900 to $3.50. 600, and the in
surances amount to $4,000.