, 1881-10-11
Thirty-five to Fifty Horses Burned
to Death In the Car.
Stables.
The People Getting Tired OF
tile Operations Of Grain
Spectators.
Subscriptions to The Fund for Mrs. Gar
field to Close on the 18th
Instant,
A. GREAT FIRE.

~ GtJAI E1tEs i
PROPERTY TO THE AMOUNT OF OVER 81, Co.,
600 DESTROYED.
Spsetds U1Datth to 7hs Ch4edoo Tribune.
New YoRH, Oct. 10.-A fire which. In en-
tent nnd .tsstructtyeness, finds n parallel
only in the great fires 1t, tho dry-gout!s dis
tricts In this city II few yenss ago, broke out
this evening Oil Fourth nycn,le, near the
lower mouth of Park avenue, nnd
directly npposIt the Park Avenue
1lo,el. Beforc 1t wns subdued 1t
hal laid III nshcs tho Vanderbilt
ssrcetcnr depot 1T Fourth avenue and Tlir-
ty-sccont mid 'rhirty-Ihiril streets, had tle-
stroyul the grentcr part Of tito itnnloNss stor-
mgr warehouse belonging to .Jnhn II. Nor
rel1. located OH Fourth averie and Thirty
sernnd street, ald had inflicted considerable
damage by water md iyini. sl,nrks to tlu,Il-
her ut tho residences OH Thlrty-seconsl anu
1hlrty-tliird streets.
TIT: n1srirlcr DESTROYED
begins Mt Thrty-tlrd street nl,li extends
over tho entire block Md about hnif way
through 10 Thirty-secon! street, and bounded
ei tie west by Fourth avenue and o, the
east by Lexington ave,luc, thus taking In
the whole avenue block. 1t Is cstimntcd that
al least 100000 loss Is caused by
the destruction of the chr stublcs and
shout 81, Zoo, 900 by the burning Of the stor-
aRe warehouse, when W %as ", felorleu fe, t'ls
evening to contain over s2,0o. QUO worth of
yuluahles. III addition to this tic furniture
ami other contents Of prtvatv residences
Nets i"'nG" ~ lho aoo' ~ "s'sIl "'4.sN :.
was necessary to use In tne eitort TO al1each
the flames, and this contributed to
swt.l.I. TIE TOTAL. DAMAGE,
which will probnbly reach over 500 1000.
When the tire broke out Il sttr sulo yyus
hinwinp fron the nnrth,ycst. and thls. co,n-
pine,i WITH M insufficient snpp!y Of water,
gave to the task of conuacr'ns tho flames II
difficulty tl,ut for time was wcll-,,tgh fnsur-
,no,,ntnble. Chief Eli Bates supurinten,tp,
4n., ,,r.trt1,,,,.,, ~ tho fnrcov ~ tho f,r In.
part'nent, but at one time 'o was Obliged to
stand by helpless al,d SEQ tho fire Cunning
upon him Will ominous rnpi.lty. 1t WIS
not until aftcr Il dolay. which though sl,ort
was comparatively stali iolag enolixll 10 nef,
nit tile destruction Of thousands Of tlullars'
worth of property, that tho full llcul of
water wns turned o,l Mt the reservoir md tho
.,. .ie's -. y, ''au ~ uo' u'aoai a.a ..s supply
TINT IT Is posstole TO secstfo nj af'y talhe.
THE cAtsE or THE FIRE
was n mystery lp to n lnto hour tonight. It
WIS said In Una q.tarter that 1t lind Its origin
IN ~" sIn4KT ha NJ ran tho
e,'s ,,, ~, NV ,ts,.s,t ,.', .t,,ati, 10y
Ilce were worry slslhsehL anu s1t'ctly eh-
forced, that explanation OF tho disaster
wns not generally accented. Other
isaro.an, in,n,. t,d i,,,t,.d .,,,,,"
h"losene !""'p t"A ae"'cu hoh''
hay nstl tint m explosion or rus !iatl been
Instrumental In stnrtlng tic tlnlMes. Whit
,n tra r. 1s r,"v t,'ot II ,vas NJ ~ t,rss ',,s.
so .' -. a., t''.,, INV ~ ~ VIZ ~. u.as u.
so'cfef! III tne lh'at'le ol tno Lexington ave.
nte EMU ut tho stables, Ill feed room located
directly oyer what Is known qy the losp{tul
tonn,. an ti,o rr,,,1,,I ,.nor Tl,,rr ,vt.s
~. 80. ~ ''o.. Ao.s wv,
az S:ahuNnAScEofISFl SFl'AAs'Al'1'l'M AFEiAAl.
70 feotl tito 'lattes when n'lce started, anl
tho alarm, whlel, WIS sent out /. little hufOrv
u'clnck. Ind hnr,I,v hce,, s,,nIr,t ram
~" ,'n '@ ".',..., .ts,.., '"a ''."." 4Aa'