Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-14
FIRE.
A Livery stable. with Vehicles and
Nine Horses. Rurns I'm.

Nine Horses, Burns Up.
Yesterday morning, about | O'Clock, a
fire broke out, so far as we can determine,
in the southeast corner of Tom Trainers
livery stable. Before the alarm had gen.
orally been sounded, the whole inside Of
the building appeared to be a mass of
smoke and flames. The hostler, Thomas
Fuller, who was the only person in the
stable, was fast asleep, and probably would
have been consumed in the flames had the
front door not been burst open and he
warned Of his danger by Special Officer
James Moore. He rushed out barely in
time to escape suffocation. VIM. kilgore
was among the first to reach the scene OF
the coniagration, and would have
gone in and cut the horses loose
from their stalls, but he could not
find a lantern and did not dare to go
among the horses in the dark, as they
were crazed by the heat and would have
been unmanagesble. The night had been
very windy and Sheriff Sweeney, as is his
custom when such weather prevails, de-
tailed two extra officers, James Moore
and r. NJ. Kermeen, to look out for
fires. 1t was fortunate on this occasion
that Mr.. Sweeney did 30, because Mr..
Moore being on the lookout in the neigh
borhood, was able to give the alarm as
soon as the fire was discovered. And it is
likely that his early presence on the
ground and the alarm be gave prevented a
general contagration and saved the life of
Thomas Fuller. There were nine horses
in the stable, most Of which were
valuable animals. 1t was impossible
to get the animals out and they
all persisted horribly in the flames.
The spectacle presented by their roasted
remains yesterday was sad and disgusting.
The heat caused the skin over their
stomschs to burst, and their bowels pro-
truding stood forth distended with hot
gas to an abnormal size. An effort was
made to get one of the horses out that was
near the door, the fine black mare owned
by W. S. Gray Of Hamilton. Tit poor
brute, however, was go overcome by fear
and the heat that it dropped Down just
inside the door and had to be left to perish.
Tom Trainer lost four horses of his
own, q pair Of fine blacks, the white
Bergman horse and the sorrel t~rotting
horse Tommy. John Williams lost a good
horse and a new blackboard which he had
for use in carrying the mail between Eu-
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Mining Company lost its fine little bay
horse which everybody has seen Supt.
Read driving between the mine and
Eureka. Remington, johnson & Co.
lost their span of big, strong
horses that they drove in their
delivery wagon Fortunately the wagon,
which had been left in the rear lot was
saved. Mr.. Gray of Hamilton lost a hand
some black mare, valued at 5000.
Mr.. Trainer lost a complete outfit of
livery vehicles with harnesses, valued by
him at 81, 500, on which the insurance was
only $4,000. Some of these vehicles had
usually stood in the back yard, but had
been brought in on the night preceding
the fire to protect them from the rain.
Frank Abadie owned the building, which
was insured for 81, 200. The policy on it
fortunately did not expire until last night.
He had made up his mind not to reinsure,
as he could not get the risk taken for the
future for less than Z per cent, and, we
believe, he was under the impression that
his insurance had run out the evening
preceding the fire.
On examination of his papers he was
sgreeably surprised ito the extent Of
81, 200) to find that he was still insured.
The stable was a very large, well-arranged
DullulDRi anu WAS WOTtu d great uoal hOIt
than the insurance. The firemen from
one end of town to the other were out and
made superhuman efforts to put down the
flames. The principal hydrant was out of
order and could not be got to work for a
quarter Of an hour. But the boys stood
in and overcame all difficulties. To their
self-sacrifices and Jealous efforts is doubt
less due the safety of the town on the east
side Of Main street, which almost every
body feared would be burned down. True,
there was a slight shower of 10 minutes
that came down before the fire broke out
and wet the roofs OF the buildings in range
of the heat and flames to the north, but we
are safe in saying that the salvation of the
largest part of the town is due to the
gigantic work of the firemen. This ought
not 10 be forgotten when the laddies appeal
to their townsmen and ~neighbors to buy a
ball ticket or to assist them in any other
slight way. They get no pay for their
clothes destroyed at fires or their health
impaired, possibly ruined. There is the
ordinary speculation as to how the fire
started. Unless something is found out
which nobody is now aware Of, its origin
will always remain a mystery.
The value of the horses lost by Mr..
Trainer is not included in the above esti-
mate of his losses.
The horses lost by Remington, Johnson
g. Co. were a sorrel and the old roam which
Mr.. johnson has had ever since he first
started business in Eureka. He regrets
the loss of "Roany" as that ofan old friend.
Judge Rives' buggy and harness were
consumed in the fire; Pm Hansen lost a
sleigh; G.. W. Baker buggy and harness;
John Nolan a set of single harness; and
Thos. Fuller his bedding and clothes.
Special News.