Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-11-26
ROBERT WARES Big LOSS.
VALUABLE CATTLE AND A
HORSE DESTROYED.

Robt. M. Ware Loses Hay, Har.
ness, Farming Implements,
and One Of the Finest
Barns in the
County.
Thursday night when Robert M. Ware,
the wealthy Hopewell township far
mer and peach grower retired to rest
he had on his farm one Of the largest
and best arranged barns for general
farm purposes in Cumberland County.
1t was filed with hay, live stock and
farming utensils. This morning at 6
O'Clock 1t was a mass of smouldering
ashes, having been consumed by fierce
flames, only the live stock being saved,
and not all of that. The barn was to-
tally destroyed by the fire.
The light of the fire was seen in this
city soon after five O'Clock this morn
ing and at that time it had been burn
ing but few minutes.
It wes the result of an accident.
Mr.. Wares hired man. Jacob Kamp,
and William Connolly asboy, had gone
to the barn at about five to do up the
work"--feed the stock and milk. Mr..
Ware had not yet arisen.
Jacob was feeding the horses and
William went to the COW stables to
milk. He carried lantern which he
hung on wire stretched along the
stalls behind the COWS for that pur-
pose, and taking shovel he proceeded
| to clean out the COW stalls. One of the
COWS started backwards and backed
into the lantern, knocking it off the
wire and upsetting it. The globe fell
off and the oil ran out and ignited.
The boy kicked and stamped the
fire and screamed for Jacob to bring
water. The more efforts the boy put
forth to extinguish the fire, the more
1t blazed and spread, and the man and
boy saw they must get the stock out
! quick. s.a
Mr.. Ware had just threshed hi
wheat and the stables were full oi
straw and litter. The boy was nearly
suffocated with the smoke, but felt his
way to horse, which he got out. The
two succeeded in getting out all the
horses but one-an old mare, and all
the cattle but two COWS and three
calves. These were consumed in the
fire. One of the COWS was an extra
good COW, the best on the farm, and
the other was valuable animal.
In an incredibly short space of time
the neighbors from all around collec-
ted. In a few minutes the great barns
there were really two of them-were
a raging mass of flames. The men
bent their efforts to saving the large
wagon house, only % feet from the
burning barn, In which was q large
crib of corn and in the granary of
which was stored all Mr.. Wares crop
of newly threshed wheat.
By superhuman effort fifty men with
buckets and water saved this. If this
had got fred nothing could have
saved the dwelling house.
The main barn was a building of
about 10Ox25 feet in size, the IL" wing
to it was 60x25 feet, and both barns
were stored full of hay; Mr.. Ware es-
timating there was about sixty tons of
hay In the two barns. His hay crop
was seYenty-fve tons, and he had not
yet sold ton Of it. There were stored
away in the barn a new grain drill,
new cut harrow, new roller, hay cut
ters, hay rakes, hay forks, and plows,
harrows, and other farm machinery.
In the harness closet was all his best
harness. All these things were con-
sumed, and Mr.. Ware is left without q
handful of hay for his stock or suffi.
cient harness to rig out a team. His
carriages and harvester and moving
machines were In other buildings and
were saved. The loss is placed at
$4,000, partially covered by an insur-
ance on buildings and contents of
$4,000 in the Cumberland Mutual.
When the PIONEER reported ar
rived at the scene at eight O'Clock there
was nothing of the great barns left but
piles of smouldering ruins.
The neighbors had taken the horses
to their barns, and teams were rugged
out and sent for lumber to erect tenn
porary stabling for his stock.
Washed Ashore at Sea- Isle City.
Samuel Shick, veteran fisherman,
while strolling on the beach, at Sea
Isle City, picked up a statue Of the
Virgin Mary holding In her hand a