The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-22
FATAL FLAMES
4 Kns~ss Cisy Livery stable Destroyed -
f1se-Use of the r"pssesoss and Nisssy
GOeSps Harmed.

4 Kassss Cry Livery ~s.bse Destroyed -
fIse-Use of the r"pssssoss and Nisssy
0OeSes turned.
KANSAS CRY. No. Feb lS-A roaring
furnace iD sces SQUARE. ninety or more
va.usb.e horses IN Their death aEooics
adding iheir unearthly screams of aaSu,sh
to the hoar>- roaT and cfackie Of the
flames. one human life lost and the posi-.
I'LL! v q many others. . broken ~a;eg main
and . helpless tirc department. of
tire falling upoa the roofs OF snnamera6.e
frame d~ -l!snSs-litie woai-r 10 q that; .
feeling u teTTur and utter despair spread
through the sr-a; crowd bat gathered aS
Tenth AMI TToe,t avenues. ~ = oou. eleven
O'Clock last night, ATT acted by ths ALARM
OF tire.
The build aS in Gsmes was tue thr.s
story trics livery barn At tie southwest
corner Of Tenth street AID Troosl avenue.
IL WAS a substantial structure. fronting
a!-ou, Is, feet on Troo>i avenue and T-ata
STREET respectively, was owned by toe
Lands Transfer snd Livery Company and
leased 10 H. = Pg. er sni j. Il Hoffman.
who ran Il a. u boarding stable. keeping
only a few horses al. baggies Tor hire.
Over the main entIanc. On Tfcos:
avenue resided Nj. Hoffman aud his wife
and sou Leon. the 10Y beng ali u; thIrs-ca
years of ace. Tn-y hai pleasant apart
,nsnts. wci. furnished and comfortable IN
every respect NT. Fuller resides a. T-uta
street anu Virginia avenue. Ar. HOLMAN
removed To TINS city from Mendoza. Ill. IN
October. but Mr.. tuI.or - an old resident
OF this egsy.
lac alarm Was sent in from the engine
house at Eleventh AID Troo,t. aud the de-
,u q d V..p.p.I,l rlx t..e br NiA
time the nr,t hose rec, reached tho scene
o. nc ion TN. flames " ere breaking through
the roof and ia . iew seconds we're s-sP-
ing toward the heavens, casting n rudy
red upon the SNOW laden clouds that
could he seen for miles.
All vas confusion in a moment. and the
occupant. Of tn. small frame dwellings
packed thickly together In that popuiou.
neighboThooi. became panic stricken, anI
began tn move their household effect. into
the streets The cable cars We're stopped
and hos. laA. when suddenly the contu.
SION was worse ~confound~i by the di-co,-
cry that q water main had burst, aud that
the apIaT atus WAS log tho timo being
utterly useless
Suddenly u cry Was heard issuing from
the building AMI the form of a man Was
seen at a second story window 10 tho
Of the Troost avenue entrance. lilo
tui 81 the glass aud shouted Help 10
tones IL ind-scribatie anguish. The hre-
men quickly pat up a ladder and b.
started for ~, ~ len n shudder ran THROUGH
the throng of helpless spectators a. is
was seen to throw up hi, hands. tott.r
and fall into the af.swa below. q dis
lance Of pcrhaps thirty feet.
Willing hands quickly tor. him across
tn. street To the residence Ut Mr.. II. &. IL
Per. but by the time hc had been placed
. bed there life Was extinct aud
shortly aft.rwErd his remains were To-
moved to Caria,'s undertaking rooms.
The houses IN the vicinst ~ that W-r~<ae-
or partially So wcys as follows.
residence belonging To Janice
jaui,or VI The Am.riran
Bank. partially destroy ell;
loss. $50; insured. Small franz.
next to the barn. owned
by Mrs. Montgomery. mother os
James, totally ~dcsuoyed: loss. ssS
Frame dwelling on alley just south Of
the rear or western portion Of the .tab,.
owned by Albert Moore. partially burned
aud then crushed by q falling vail: loss
tsvl. Tho residence II Mrs vii.
Eccies, across the alley from the rear
4 the barn and facing Tenth street, wac
damaged b. fire and 10 IN danger
rom the port ON OF the west wall now
md Liable To fall at any tim~.
There were nine'y-two horses ia tho
,arn and they occupied three stories Of
he southern on.-third Of tho building
ranged from common draft horses IL
OF the finest roadsteIs in tho city.
Among the more valuable animals io.t
we're fourteen fine draft horses b~Ion gang
~ North. Orr son & Co. yaluatic road
tiers belonging To DR. T.. K Lewis J. "a
oncy. DR.. y. \ Drake. Mrs. I. n. James.
VI. J. PAYNE, DIR. =. ". Johnson. ".
.. purglun. d.. j. A. Bond. Mr.. J.. \ III.
i. Dr. Drake valued Ia. horse. RedliSh,,
Z s5J. aui w. 4. Qsinian has often
AIMED >i.p "a III. price 81 his sog.
el se,ding. Blonde Mr.. Quinlan also
two flooded colts worth about .
each. Many fine carriages ani
ssons Mere destroyed and The total loo. 1
"a animals AMI vehicles Will reach 80. o. e,
Ir. Hof'aai'- body WAS examined by F,
r s;on a; CarIa,'. and he found
nat at iirst appeared 20 d. n knit. stab ,
a the breast. 4, was very deep. aud for I;
moment ih~r. we're suspicious q. murder T.
nj arson. Cron probing the wound.
owsyer. the doctor found Q long ang 4
sr piece of glass. show ing that the de- I
rased hat received the wound In ts~sk. y
* through a " window. Tn. wound .ion. =
hi. fearful fail would have can..l d
cath. 4