The herald., 1897-10-07


by smoke ard heat; will recover.
p. F. Shearn, broken leg.
Henry Walsh, employe of stock yards,
slightly burned.
William Donahue, fireman, injured by
falling timber; will recover.
The main horse market is an imm ense e
frame structure, covered by large
dome. 1t was only a short distance from
the pavilion and had 1t caught 1t would
have meant the destruction Of the great
er part of the stock yards. The pavilion
contained 800 horses and it was with the
greatest difficulty that they were res
cued. Patrick Casey, an employe of the
stock yards. discovered the fire, and, af-
ter turning in the alarm ran with three
companions ir.to the pavilion to release
the horses. Many of them were in pens
and it was an easy matter to turn them
loose, but very different thing to get
them out Of the building. Casey and his
companions narrowly escaped being
trampled to death by the maddened ami
mails, as they endeavored to drive them
through the doors. Casey was knocked
down once and badly bruised, and Henry
Walsh, who was also trying to release
the horses, was injuredin the same man.
ner Neither man was seriously hurt
however. 1t was found impossible to get
single horse to leave the pavilion ur,-
til the men by main strength dragged
ore through the doorway and then the
jthers followed rapidly. The flames
spread so rapidly that not all of them
could be saved, but 1t is not thought that
many We're destroyed.
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pavilion, consisting of eight barns, $780,
900; feed in barns, $4,000; freight cars be-
longing to the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company, and the Chicago and
Alton road, $4,000. Twenty-eigh resi-
dences and stores were damaged by the
flames, the loss in each instance being
small.
During the progress Of the fire the
widest excitement prevailed ira its vi
cinity. People dragged their belongings
out upon tie Sidewalks and began load
ing them into wagons, wheelbarrows and
anything else that could be utilized to
carry them away. The body of the un-
known man who was burned to death
while attempting to save the horses was
not recovered tonight.
posed to have been burned to death. She
was left alone in her home and could
not be fourd afterwards.
A BLAZE AT DETROIT
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. THE center
of Detroit was the scene at o'clock this
morning of conf1agration which totally
destroyed three large buildings and
their contents, damaged several others
and threatened destruction of at least
an entire block of the most valuable
property in the city. The blaze originat-
ed on the stage of the Detroit Opera
house. simultaneously with the break
irg out of the fire there were several
loud explosiorS, presumably the burst
ing of stage lighting apparatus The
flames quickly enveloped the rear of the
theater and made furnace of the in
terror. The operahouse, with all its
contents including the handsome seen
cry, costumes and equipment of the Ju-
liza Arthur company, We're destroyed in
short order. The rear of the ten story
building occupied by the H. Leonard
Furniture company was next ablaze,
and nothing of the structure or contents
remains but the steel frame. The four
story building of the Mitchell Table
Supply company, east Of the theater.
was gutted and partially destroyed and
several other buildings were Slightly
damaged.
AT 2:3O a. m. the fire had been confined
practically to the above buildings The
losses have not yet been approximated,
but it is believed they will reach in the
vicinity of $25O,OOO.
All the new scenery and costumes of
the Julia Arthur company, which was
playing the first weeks production Of
"a Lady of Quality" was destroyed
Manager Lewis Of the company says its
loss is 500, 900, insured half, and that the
stage settings will be difficult to repro
duce.
A block of tenement houses at the foot
of Hastings street caught fire from
sparks from the opera house fire and
were destroyed.
HALF THE TOWN
MENDOZA, ILL.,, Oct. GA fire which
broke out at o'clock this morning in the
rear of Robings' hardware store spread
rapidly and in two hours had demolished
that building and seventeen others ad-
Joining, practically wiping out the busl
ress portion of the town and causing a
loss of 100000. Several persons were in
jured and burned while trying to rescue
goods from stores.
IN MICHIGAN
CAIRO, Mich. Oct. 6-Forest fires are
raging at South ard East Kingston. Sew
eral farm houses and barns were burned,
and the greatest excitement prevails, as
a change in the wir,d would place King
ston in imminent danger. The village of
Wilmot is also surrounded by fire and
will surely burn unless help is sent to
the exhausted residents
THE BROKEN LAMP
RED BLUFF, Oct. 6-Mrs. C. Volker.
wife of a pioneer resident of this city.
was buried to death at her residence on
jefferson street last night She fell
down the cellar stairs with, a lighted
lamp in her hand, and the burning oil
set fire to her clothing.
A SHELTER BURNED
NEW YORK, Oct 6.-The Guggen-
helm smelling works a Perth Amboy, ~
j., were destroyed by fire last night, and
the loss is estimated at $250000. The
of the smelling works is about
thirty acres in area. The smelling works
were the largest of the kind in the coun-
try.
A FACTORY FIRE
RED BLUFF, Oct. en- Taylor's
broom factory, with all it's contents, VAL
ued at S5000 was totally destroyed by
fire last night
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