The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-08
A REVOLVING SIGHT
J. H. D Wis Livery Stable on Fourth
Avenue
Bnrped. Together With Thirteen VAL
uaDle Horses.
Several Tons of Hay and Many Rigs
Burned.
Total Losses Over 5000 With Very
Little Insurance.

Despite the excitement OF the great
election day, hundreds of our citizens
visited the scene of one of the worst
fires this city has ever experienced. At
! O'Clock Monday night some
one on Commercial street dis
covered blaze in the rear
of j. II. Davis livery stable on
Fourth avenue. He at once began
yelling, but was hoarse before half
dozen people had been awakened. The
fire bell was rung, bnt not long enough
to awaken all the firemen and only six
turned out. The others knew nothing
about it until this morning. Chas. Call,
who sleeps in the barn, was awakened
by the light from the fire shining
through his window, and when he
jumped out the stalls, where there
were fifteen horses, were a sheet of
flame.
The few who lived in the vicinity
and were awakened did all in their
power to save the contents of the build
ing. but to no avail. The scene beg
CARED description ard the means and
groans of the suffering animals were
enough to sicken the nerviest man.
Only two horses out of the fifteen in
tine building were saved, and but one
buggy out Of thirteen or fourteen We
hicles. The firemen worked the best
they could and saved the building from
total destruction. The walls are in
tact and are injured but little.
Eight of the horses were owned by
outside parties and the remaining five
were the best horses owned by Mr..
Davis. ID. w. Morris, John Savage,
DIR. Jacobs, E. z. Bruner, William
Rees and Jerome Roberts each had
valuable horse in the flames, and Rob
ert Morris of Arvonia lost good
team. Four of Davis horses were
thorOughbreds and speed horses well
known over the whole state kansas
Boy, ""Jay hawker," "Tynie" and
ELY" all of which have won many
races over the state. The other one
was one of his team OF ponies. The
two horses saved was one owned by J.
II. Coley of the steam laundry and Mr..
Davis single driver, ''Mollie." The
only rig saved from the fire was DIR.
Jacobs buggy. The rigs of D. w.
Morris, John Savage, William Rees,
Jerome Roberts and eight of Mr. Da-
Wis., buggies were partially burned.
the fire being extingulshed before they
were entirely consumed. In the NOW
was about five tons of hay and few
bYHa ho1o Of oil NE snl 10 cot
loss.
The building is insured for 50, 900
and the loss is probably fully covered
but not one of the horses or vehicles
were insured. Nearly all of Mr.. Da-
Wis driving horses were out in the lot
and escaped the blaze. If
the alarm could have been
given ten minutes sooner, more
of the horses might have been
taken out, but it was impossible to do
anything with them. One or two of
them were taken nearly to the door
when they broke loose and went back.
Several sets of harness and one or two
saddles were consumed and the total
loss to all parties viii be something over
200.
In 1882 the frame barn on this same
lot was burned to the ground and two
of the animals which persisted last
night were the ones saved from the
other fire. Mr.. DaYis then built the
brick building which WAS caught last
night. This second and greater loss
falls very heavily on Mr.. Davis, and
this morning he was almost crazed
when he arrived at the scene of the
blaze.
An inspection of the building this
morning disclosed the fact that the
shutters of two of the back windows
had been pushed back and it is the
opinion of many that the building was
fired. The carcasses were cleared away
to-day under the supervision of Mar
shall Paxton.
ANOTHER ALARM.
This morning at 10 O'Clock another
alarm was turned in. Some clothes in
the upper story of Mrs. Evans house,
corner of Sixth and Sylvan, caught fire
III some manner, but was put out be-
fore much damage had been done and
before the hose company was on the
scene. They made an excellent run to
the residence, one of the horses losing
two shoes in the run.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBERs. November. 5th
1898.