Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-12

three fine horses, two rigs, and several
sets Of harness. What makes his loss
particularly hard is that he had last
evening sold the horses to the peniten-
tiary for $500, they to be delivered this
morning. His loss is about 500. .
Paul Remington comes next, with a
fine horse, buggy and harness. His loss
is placed at about $500.
A. Currie lost two rigs and two sets
of harness. He estimates his loss at
$500.
Dan Elsenberg loses horse and buggy,
q loss of about 5000.
E. A. Williams loses a buggy and
harness, valued at about $3.50.
The Stage company loses a team of
horses, a loss Of probably $500.
A. S. Capehart loses several articles
of driving apparel, valued at about 1875.
Beside several minor losses, this about
completes the list. p.
And now n Of the incest blocks in
the city has been almost totally des-
troyed. The fire fend has been at work
and great has been the loss. 1t seems
hard that such things must be, but they
are in the order of things, and it is not
the first time that where one evening
stood a row of imposing business
houses they should next morning be des-
troyed and lie a mass of smoking and
smouldering ruins.
Next morning, a crowd of curl
GUS persons and idlers, stood in the
nelghborhood of the burned district
and surveyed the scene of disaster with
critical eye. Some of those present had
sticks and were busily poking around
through the ashes, searching for any
thing that might turn up. Others were
examining the bodies of the dead horses
while still others stood around with an
air of superintendency and just watched.
From the time the fire was gotten
under control, about 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, until 8, aFsteady stream of
water was kept playing upon the debris
to prevent the possible spread of the
blaze.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, fremen
were still busy plying some of the more
obstinate of the rubbish, as regards be-
ing extinguished with water. Here and
there piles of debris still smouldered
s~ullenly. The dust which arose from
the ashes and the steam which followed
the falling of the water on the GOALS
rendered the condition OF things disa-
greeable in the extreme.
Owen Farley was among the first on
the scene, after things got cool enough
to handle. He picked out a stove, a log
chain and a handful of tenpenny nails
as his share of the spoils, saying he
guessed that was all he wanted. Uncle
Baker, too, wa there, and poked tire
lessly among the ashes IN search of rags
His find was not large.
A dense cloud of steam arose at times
from the bodies of the dead horses, which
lay charred and burned 80 as to be I'M;
recognizable. Only from their posi-
tions could their several identities be de-
termined. All lay in place just as they
had fallen in their stalls. It is painful
to contemplate the horrible suffering
through which they must have passed,
as they stood tied hard and fast, slowly
consumed by the flames. An employee of
the livery stable said he looked in and
saw the horse belonging to Paul Rem
ington as 1t was surrounded by flames.
He said it rolled and tumbled in its fran
tic endeavors to break loose. Its suffer-
ing was frightful, and the feelings of one
who was forced to watch this without
being able to set the animal free can be
imagined better than described. For it
meant death to enter that barn and no
one dared attempt it.
There are eight horses to be seen
among the debris, and of these Clarence
Price owned three, Charles Locke, the
stage driver of Winona, two, Paul Rem
inRton one, Dan Eisenburg one, and one
Olson, n Price is by far the heaviest
loser, and, although he doesn't say
much of the affair he feels the loss
keenly, not particularly because Of any
financial consideration, but because of
the manner Of which they met their
death. The other owners are of the same
mind and each of them feels panied at
the burning of the animals.
j.. g. Rapelje is probably as happy as
anyone in town over the safety of his
saddle horse, and Evard Wooster is not
far behind him in general good feeling.
The valuable stallion, Emperor, be-
longing to A. S. Capehart was also in
the barn when the fire started. He was
gotten out, however, and when seen yes
erday did not appear m UGH the wo rse
for his experience.
Two Of Webb Bros. safes stood warped
and twisted among the ruins. They
were opened in the afternoon and the
books and papers taken ont. The con.