Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-15
THE FIRE FAIR sTR sev,r,.


 Remarkable Escape of Two Horses
 From BuFnIng-The Losses ana In-
 suramce.
 Brief mention was made in the CoURIER on Saturday morning of the fire which oc- cured at O. H. Burnhaln's livery stable at 4 o'clock on that morning The particulars, which could not be obtained at that hour in time for our paper, are in substance as fol- -lows: The building is two story brick structure, about 60x43 feet, and was very finely itted-up stabless The stable has been kept by Mr. Bu1nhAm as bdahdfnp' StaAlA In it, when the fire broke out, were eleven horses of private ownership, some twenty vehicles of different kinds, many sets of harness and large quantity of hay, straw and other kinds of horse provender. Henry Wheeler was the only one of the employees who slept in the stable, and his room was in the adjacent building where the office is located. He did not know of the fire until Mr. Burnham and other early discoyerers of the fire awoke him. With the as- sistance of others Mr. Burnham sue ceeded in getting ont all the horses except two, one of which belonged to Her rick P. Frost and the other to w. H. An drews, assistant treasurer of Mallory, Vince Ter & Co. One of the last of the other horses saved was only reached by digging and open ing through the side of the building. The horses of Mr. Frost and Mir. Andrews occu- pied box stalls in one corner of the building and as they not could be reached owing to the progress of the flames were given up as lost. What was the surprise of the fremen and Mr. Burnham when the fire had been extinguished to discover both the hors es ly- ing complaeently in their stalls, both uninjured and with hardly 8 hair singed. The roof in falling had forced the animals to lay down and had formed a protection around them that completely shielded them from the flames The wood work on each side was burned away, but this particular spot the fire passed by without do- ing any serious damage. The water how ever. had reached them and no doubt was the means of saving them from suffocation
 Henry l.. Cowell's trotter was among thet horses saved, but the burning of skeleton wagon, the breaking of another wagon and the partial burning of top buggy caused him a loss of $250, upon which ha has no insurance. w. A. Beers had sleigh worth $50 burned up, but his black mare Nellie, which he values at 5000, and his buggy were saved. Two or three fine horses be- longing to Jacob Broschart, one owned by Walter R. Francis and two. or three belonging to Simon Hugo were among those safely removed from the stable. The fire was burning near Ely two hours. The flames did net extend to the other building comprising Mr Burnham's stable in which were kept about twenty horses and large number of vehicles and other livery stock. Mir Burnham estimates his loss at about $1 ,500. He has an insur- ance of s, GOO, but only part of it is on the property of his which was burned up or dam aged. The building was owned by Mrs. Washington Webb. It is insured for $6, 900. which it is claimed will not more than cover the loss, although theawalls of the building are left practically intact. The origin of the fire is unknown, but MT. Burnhaln believes it to have been incendiary. Chief Hendrick thinks there is as much probability of the fire being an accidental one as of an incen- diary origin