The daily gazette., 1879-08-05
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DIsAsTERoUs BURNING OF A STABLE
AND ITS LIVING CONrnHTs. ~

AND ITS LIVING c0NrnHxs. "a
Another of those early morning fires
which has bscome 90 frequent IN and
around Cur city during the past pm0nth !.
or two, took place at an early hour this
morning aud had quite disastefUuS ~
suits. The building destroyed 5Vas' ekei
large double stable OF frame and brick, !.
belonging to David Lemon, and etaQdt.
| ing on Orange between Second and Third
streets, and of the sad effects w1S the
roasting to death In the flames 0fitwS 4
horses. ya. .t.,. IA s.-.,,a, esfJ3o sia
The alarm was sounded about 4o;clock, !,
by the blowing of Springer, Morley u,
Causes steam whistle and ifimedlSte1y :
the bell in the town hall raugthe islAsziSy.
By the time the fire department reeQh-s q
ed the scene the whole building, bad
burst into flames. The fire lighted ID
that vicinity almost like midday md %
sent out an intense hest. Some Of tho .
companies arrived promtly and vent inr,i
to active service and In measure checx-
Crea arrived, the building was still. bliz-
ing furiously aud there was great danger
of the adjoining bui!dlngs taking, tire. q
He at once stationed the engines Iwhere
they could play on the fire more efIec-
lively, and in short time it YVES under
control, but the buildiDg was Almass o.
runs. The front and main part Of tho
building being wood, and much of the,
contents hay and straw, the progress Of
the cOnfagrati0n was exceedingly rapid
and In less than fifteen minutes from Ia
sounding of the alarm the fire was under
control and nearly burned out. Tho
companies continued to play on the ftiifs :
until after day light and oil morning che 4
Fame fire company hadra hose streaanf
| on. E- ...,..f .. ...,., .,l.., ~,
In the stable at the fire, was 4 fine
horse and mule owned by Mr.. Lemon.
No one thought of them before the ei1te
department. responded to the. alarm. Gnxl
afterwards the flames were too violent
to admit Of their release from the blaz-
ing building. Their agonized groafiS
could be heard for few minutes during
the violent progress of the fire. but
these soon died away. This morning
after the fire had been drowned out. pes-
pie entered the building and found one
poor animal lying just inside the door
| opening into the street. Its head was
detached from its body, and the bOdy
was crisped and shrivelled to less than
a third of its usual size. The remsiii1
was found latter in the day buried in rub
bish in one corner. t.c ..,t,,tf ~,
In addition to the horses and the
building, Mr.. Lemon will be q heavy
looser in the other property destroyed.
Three wagons were burned, one Of
them being loaded with valuable con-
dictionary, and several tons Of hay
which had been put in on Saturda. j
The total value of the property dpAe'
troyed could not be learned, bat while
it was considerable, there is partial In
surance. The loss, however, will be
,, heavy. i4tasi
The fire was undoubtedly caused by
: an incendiary, whose double idea was
damage and theft. Mrs. Wamsley, who
was sitting up with sick lady IN 4
house opposite says she saw man come
out of the building. about five minutes
before the fire broke out, with . horse
which he mounted and rode away. Mr.
Lemon missed one of his horses and
thought it wholly consumed in the ifs
but this shows that it was stoleu as 4o4.
The firemen were greatly assisted in
their labors by refreshments furnished
by kind Ladder living in the neighborl
hood. The Reliance firemen have Ne
quested the reporter to thank Mn.
Grubb and Mrs Sayers for their ice wa
ter and coffee. ''' -