Evening journal., 1891-08-25
LAST NIGH $ BRILLIANT sLsze.
The Old Stables of the Front and Union
Street Railway. Company Burned Bown.


\ The Old Stables of the Front and Unior
Street Railway. Company Burned Iown.
The old stables belonging to the Front
and Union Street Railway Company, ad
( joining the station on Union street, were
burned 10 the ground last night Il
was a pretty blaze, and attracted larg,
crowds of people. The comparativ,
small amount of damage sustained b,
the fire was evidently realized by tn,
spectators, who seemed to enjoy tn,
sight rather than stand aside in awe, a.
usual. The isolated position on which
the stables were situstsd was the only
! but still was an all-Dotent reason wb,
the blaze from fire Of huge dimensions
did not redden the night air The balei
of hay which filled the stables afforded
excellent food for the flame which shoi
through the frame building as If coming
from a volcano
q 10 o'clock from box No 81, at Front anc
searles streets. This was followed i'm
mediately by another from box No SO at
Second and Hawley streets and third
was sent ia from box No 81. But the
companies were q long time getting
to the fire Lancaster avenue was rem
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is now undergoing. Under favorable
night the engines had to take Reed
street, which made the task Of reaching
the fire more difficult
Some of the horses were well nigh
played out When they got TO the scene
the services of the department were Of
very little use, as the fire in the stable
haNand nnrfanI TboFn
danger of the new stables recently
erected about 1C0 feet away from the old
taking FIRE from the sparks which were
blown on them. This was the spot to
which the fireman directed their atten-
tion, and by pouring few strong
streams on the dangerous corner all fur.
Their loss was prevented. 1t was feared
at one time that the fire would spread to
the new stables, thence to the car station,
and all the horses and cars were taken
out.
About 5000 people went to the scene
of the fire. The cars on Front street
were crowded, hut sometimes those who
entered them thought them too slow and
the impatient got out and ran
The reflection of the light on the sky
as viewed from Market street, was wierd
and beautiful, and many of those who
went out had believed that the fire was
of far more extensive proportions.
The fire, which is supposed to be the
work of an incendlary, was first dis
covered by Robert West, who lives near
the place and who while sitting on the
porch saw the flames issuing through
the building He quickly notified the
employees at the depot, and their first
work was to liberste the horses VIII
liam Hewitt, an employee, also discovered
the fire about the same time as did
West, and began the work Of liberaiiag
the horses at once. Street car service on
the Front and Union line had to be sus-
pended for over an hour, aud then all the
cars belonging 10 the company were put
into service.
a large number of accidents occurred
The Liberty engine broke down at Front
aud Lincoln streets and could not be got
into service John Carr, 16 years old,
who lives with his mother at Conrad and
Adams streets, was knocked down by ths
Weccacoe engine at Front and jackson
streets and received severe injuries The
engine had stuck at that point and Carr
was among thosa who tried to help il
out de was taken to his home in the
patrol wagon, and DR. Corkran attended
him. Harry Crouch OF the Fame Hos,
Company, while at work at the FIRE hac
an artery severed and nine stitches were
required to close up the wound Johr
Burns fell and sustained bruises
Arthur Davis fell into pit and received
cuts on bis head. S. P. Green had his
head and fsee cut while at work
Preston Lea, Daniel w Taylor. direc
tors, and Harry a. Archer, superb ten
dent of the company, were present
during the progress Of the ere.
No reason can be given for the starting
of the fire, as the company have no
known enemies, aud the nployes of the
company declare that to their knowledge
nobody had been smoking about the
place, or guilty Of carelessness of any
kind