The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-07
BLAzEs IN CITY AND COUNTRY Do
A GREAT AMOUNT OF DAM
AGE.
HORSES BURNED AT CHICAGO.
UNION STOCK seNARD PAVILION
BURNED, AND OTHER BUILD
INGS AS WELL
CANADIAN vILLtfEsd WIPED OUT.
Loss of Life Notsharge, but the De-
sstructiOn of Property Serious
Natter

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-Fanned by a
strong wind from the west, a fire which
broke out in the Dexter park pavilion
at the Union stockyards this afternoon
spread to the district between Halsted
street and Union avenue and Forty
third and Forty-ffth streets, demol-
fishing business houses and residences.
The worst sufferers among. the resi-
dents were those living along Halsted
street between Forty-third and Forty
fourth streets. Business houses and
| residences alike, all of them frame
structures, furnished material for the
flames, which ragged from g. clock un-
til 5 o'clock and then yielded to the
vigorous work of the fire department
The total damage to the Dexter park
pavilion is estimated at more than $780,
0G0, but it may exceed that sum, as
the exact number of horses burned III
the fire is not known, and a calcula-
ton of the amount of feed stored il
the pavilion is also yet to be made.
A number Of persons were injured
during the fight with the flames, and
one man, according to an employee of
the stockyards, was burned to death
The injured are:
Unknown man burned to death
Patrick Casey, employe of stock yards, not
serious.
Maurice MaIoney, overcome by smoke and
heat will recover; P. F. Shearn broken leg;
Henry Walsh, employe of stock yards, slight
ly burned: William Donahpe, of engine COM
pany 81, injured by falling. timbers, will re-
cover. .5,.T
The Dexter pavilion stands only
few yards southwest OF the main horse
market, which is an immense frame
affair, covered by a huge dome. Fer
the latter bu:ldingzto have caught fire
would have .neantf the destruction of
the greater portions OF the stock yards.
The pavilion contained 800 horses, and
it was with the greatest difficulty, that
they were rescued c Patrick Casey, an
empioye of the stock yards, discovered
the fire. and after turning in the
alarm, ran with three companions into
the pavilion to Telease the horses.
Many of them were in pens AMI it was
an easy matter to. turn them loose, but
a very different thing to get them out
cf the building CASEY ard his com
paniors narrowly escaped being tram
pied to death by the inaddened brutes,
as they endeavored, to drive them
through the doors. Casey was knocked
Henry Walsh, who was also trying to
release the horses; was injured in the
same manner. Neither man was
seriously hurt, however. 1t was found
impossible to get a single horse to
leave the pavilion, until the men by
main strength dragged one through the
doorway and then the others followed
rapidly. The flames ,spresI1 so rapidly
that not all Of them could be saved,
but it is not thought that many were
destroyed. .e-.S's
The chief loss resulting from the fire
is as follows: Dexter Park pavilion,
consisting of eight barns, $50, 0o0;. Ar
nlour & CO.'S sheds near pavilion, $500;
feed in pavilion, $4,000; freight cars be-
longing to the Union Stockyards &
Transit company, and the Chicago &
Alton railroad, $1,000, Twenty-ei eight
residences and stores were damaged
by the flames, the loss in each, partic-
ular instance being small.
During the progress of the fire the
widest excitement was prevalent in
its vicinity. People dragged their be-
longings out upon the sidewalks and
began loading them into wagons,
wheelbarrows and anything else that
could be utilized to carry them away.
The body Of the unknown man who
was burned to death while attempting
to save the horses, was not recovered
tonight