St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-18
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Shirk & Abbey's Fourth Street Livery
Stable in Flames-Twenty-six
Horses Rescued From the
Burning - Loss and
Insurance.

Insurance.
The FIRE department was called out last
night to combat as mean q fire as has oc-
CURED in ST. Paul this winter and although
the material damage was not large, all things
considered, It was one Of the most threaten
ing blazes Of the year.
At few minutes past s O'Clock fire was
discovered in the harness room OF Shirk s.
Abbey's livery stable situated on the south
side Of East Fourth near Jackson street. The
building is a long one story and
basement frame structure aud was
filed with large number Of
valuable horses, sleighs, carriages, harness,
etc. About the time the fire was first dis
covered Louis George, clerk at Carl simmons
drug store, saw flames bursting from the roof
Of the building, and he At once turned in an
alarm from box 124. A telephone still alarm
bad preceded this, and the fire department
were on hand promptly and did very effective
work.
THE STAMPEDE.
The most valuable consideration was Of
course the horses, and following the break
ing out of the fire a scene of
the widest excitement and confusion took
place. The horses, about eighty in all, were
released from their stalls and sent galloping
for the street, on reaching which they became
frightened at the steamers and confusion was
worse COMPOUNDED.
The scene at this time almost beggars des-
criptiOn. Smoke belched from the building
in binding columns, and the chatter Of the
80
Of men made 6 small-sized pandemonium.
Luckily the horses were all gotten out
safely, as were the cutters, carriages and har-
ness, the damage 10 which was very slight,
allthings onsidered- In the barn were the fast
flyers of number Of prominent physicians,
the teams of the Blatz Brewing company, the
horses Of 7. B. Campbell, Of Campbell & Bur
bank, the horses Of w. T. Maxfield and of
many other firms.
The fire burned very stubbornly for
over an hour, but was sQuelehed
with but comparatively small damage.
After things had quieted down the horses
were all caught and taken to various stables
IN the city. The stable,of James King pro-
vided accommodations for twenty-six horses,
the Others being divided between MOorhead,
Alexander, Hill Sc Heating and Cullen's
stables.
The barn contained about twenty-five tons
Of hay. most of which is destroyed or badly
damaged. A quantity of harness was also
destroyed.
LOSS AND INSURANCE.
The loss Of Shirk & Abbey is estimated at
from $4,000 to $1,000, on which
there is an insurance Of about
sl2, 900, Of which the st. Paul Fire s. Marine
have the following:
~ Paul .-...-.....-..-........S $1,000
Washington, OF Boston. 1,25O
Girard, OF Philadelphia. ....... 1850
Connecticut, Of Hartford 1850
New Hampshire, Of Manchester, y. H.. 1880
National, OF Hartford. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
This is divided as follows:
On horses. .-..-...............S 81, 600
carriages ana harness. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Ray gram, etc. ---..--..---..-....-... 1000
Besides the above, the agency Of Weed &
Lawrence placed policies aggregating about
81, 600.
The building, a mere shell, is owned by
Col. MeAllister, Major Smith and an eastern
party, and its value did not exceed 81, 900.
The damage is about one half and
it is fully covered by insurance. The fire
caught in the roof aud originated from de-
feetive stove pipe.
TIE FIRST FIRE
yesterday was heralded on box 21s, at 5:21
p. m, and was caused by the two story frame
house of Capt. Vim. Golden, 6l6 East Sixth
street, taking fire in a partition from an
over heated stove pipe. Capt. Golden, with
Chemical No. ?, put out the flames after they
had damaged the building 70 the extent Of
S25 and the contents SIS, both Of which
losses we're fully covered by insurance.
THE THIRD ALARM
Of FIRE yesterday was sent in on box IS, at
9:17 p. M, and was caused by the burning
out of chimney Of a three story frame house,
477 East Seventh street. occupied by VIM.
Hart.