Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-21
FURIOUS FIRE.

The Standard Cab O0mpany,s Stables
 on Park Street K3laze Up Like 8 Tin.
 der ROx-The Building Destroyed
 ana many Cabs and Harness-Losses
 Mostly Insured.
 One of the largest fires, in spectacular sense, that the city has seen for some time occurred on Park street yesterday afternoon about o'clock. It broke out in the stables and barns of the Standard Cab company ,and before the alarm had hardly sounded dense clouds of smoke and sheets of flame were seen reaching high up into the sky from the burning building. By the time the fire de- pertinent arrived the whole inte rior seemed 8 mass of flame.
 The building where the fire originated was formerly used as a carriage repository by J. J. Osborn, and now belongs to the Osborn estate. It was of wood, finished plain and painted white. Soon after the fire was dis covered sheets of smoke were rolling out of every crack and corner and it seemed like 8 house of cards, ready to fall in and be de- voured by the flames at every moment.
 The work of getting out the horses, cabs and carriages in the building rapidly begun. All the horses, nine in number, were taken out, but the other property, such as cabs and OL0er V6uICloS, Ad1H5Ssoo, 6Lc., W6To uOSkAy destroyed. Nine cabs, twelve sets of har- ness and several hundred dollars worth of hay and fodder were destroyed. The losses were mostly from property stored on the sec- ond floor.
 By the time the fire department had begun to work at the flames, the entire inside of the upper floor had been swept and almost cleared out. The property saved was mostly insured, but over $500 worth of new har- nesses and other effects stored on the second floor and not insured were entirely destroyed. While the blaze was at it's height an explo- sion was heard in the small brick wing ad l joining the large wooden building. It was g barrel of kerosene that had exploded. The l bricks in one side of the wall were hurled outward with tremendous violence, and came near burying valiant Officer Tighe. who l jumped from under the falling masses just 1T ! time to save himself.
 ] The burning buildings were surrounded or | all sides by wooden buildings. On the Jeff | is Seabrook 6 Smiths carriage factory anc the factory of Henry F. Reyes, manufac l turer of carriage trimmings.
 ! On the right are several frame dwelling houses, so near that the paint was scorchec and blackened by the heat. Lines of hos were kept playing on Seabrook & Smith
 manufactory and as soon as part caugh afire it was immediately flooded with water As far as can be learned regarding the ori gin of the fire, it started in the stable, owinl
 to the dropping of match by an employ
 who was smoking. A great part of tn
 building had been previously used in pain and varnish work, and the walls saturate'
 with oil and paint, furnished excellent foo' for the fire. The building was old and probs
 bly not valued at more than the insuranc
 upon it. The. Cab company's losses ar
 mostly insured in policies from the office c
 Cannon & Burton. Their loss will probabl
 not reach beyond $1 1000.
 The noise and tumult caused by the actio I of the big engines attracted large crowd t
 the spot, ,and the street was jammed through
 out the whole length of the block by a mas of people, who were probably seeing one (
 the liveliest fires they had seen in lon
 time. Among the numbers were about on
 hundred college boys, who cheered an l ''gayed" dremen, policemen and everybod , generally. Whenever flash of flame bigge , than usual burst from the building the ! would greet it with a chorus of shouts, an seemed to enjoy the scene immensely. Se1 ! eral sudden streams of water shot up throug the roof, and falling into the crowd scattere them very effectually, however, whenevs , they became too frolicsome.