New-York tribune., 1897-08-04
A BIG STABLE FIRE.
ADJOINING FRAME HOUSES CRUSHED hf
FALLING WALLS
HEAVY LOSS IN WEST FIFTY
ENrY-FlvE HORSES TAKEN OUT sAfhl'-
~ ,.ox, >-r.ppy TENANTS

- ,oss N WEST FIFTY THIRD sT.-SEV-
vSrv- FIVE HORSES TAKEN OUT SAFELY
PANIC AMONG NEARBY TENANTS.
49,. ,,.oo-s,ory brick stable at Nos 42s and
4sI West Fifty-third-st. occupied by EDWARD Mer-
iii a 90 ice dealers and the Ormonte Boarding
stables controlled by Edward, Merrill d Co. was
wrecked by fire yesterday afternoon Inc "a"v'
snread to adjoining tcnements. and raining ""'
crushed several small frame houses that surrouho-
cd the stable one hundred families were """e
homeless temporarily. and twenty OF THESE lost
everything they owned The damage Is esuma'e"
at from $4,000 to $4,000 Seventy five horses were
IN the stable at the time the nre broke ou' o"' q"
were removed safely. The only casualty WAS an
accident TO an old woman IN an ADJOINING 'e'e
ment-house She fell In her hurry to escape anu
broke her leg She was taken to foose'e" '''
pitai. A.. 90,
The fire started from gas engine on '"e W
floor Of the stable, in front just ho" 10
known but il il supposed that there was 'e"n -"
some part of the engine connecting pipes rive
wears ago the same engine exploded ana oie" V".
q nor,ion of the front and side walls the s'aoie
extends back toward Ffty-fourth-st. distance VI
15O feet Surrounding II on both sioes anu .."
were several small one and one-ahu'a-ha', o's
frame houses. Nos. 434 and 40 FIT! -'h,iu.' "
eve-s,orv brick tenement house. backed almost UP
TO the stable. -, r
A, ..,5 oc,ock the fire was discovered and an
alarm was turned in. Engine Companies NO . an" .
No a. under Chief Gicquel arrived ana 'he ."'ei
at once turned in a second and then 'hru ' 49,, '
Several of the fremen got to the top floor OF the
stable but the burning hay and other innammaoie
contents gave ready food 10 the Names a'i" i"
ef,een minutes the entire interior was see'"i"e
furnace. ,s
The fremen with difficulty got TO the grounu' anu
some were almost exhausted. The famiiies III INV
tenerlents were panc-stricken. women anu ~
dren's cries could be heard for BLOCK anu '"e'
fran end
their property Chairs, bedding CLOCKS a' a.
sor,s OF furniture were thrown out OF ""''' >
only TO be dashed to fragments below
Tho flames were already lcaping 10 the tenement
house walls when Captain Schmittberger win
,.rgo force of men from the West Forty-seventh-s'
station arrived and began the work OF getting 'he
.xc,,ed neople from the houses. In the mean uihe
,ho efteen employes OF the stables had taken All
,ho eeventy-hvc horses safely out. They ac,uair, a.,
had less trouble in getting the dump pru'es '
than the policemen had with huIhaf az ne Stable fell
Il hit the frame house adjoining and crusheu !. ~
splinters few minutes later the other s iii fro me-
crashed to the ground taking anotner nuL,na On
buiding along The walls OF the houses packiiis @ vi,
the stable from Fits -fOurth-st were entii ox
away. and the contents OF the 'a'ioN' ~
The stable was used storage warehouse o!
many wealthy people for their carrlaev,s' 40
We're entirely destroyedt tourstory brick is owned
NV Mrs Dow who lives on the premises a hv hv
house at No 4S2 sngle-story frame Is a.. and 4S
w. t-iftVfourfh hist is fve-story brick ana
owned by Ennis & Centre. Of No Il fasu fS W. ~,
teth.st No 4$S is threes'oTEy TEyf,rathrdst The
damage 10 this group Of buildings is estiInateu al al
s0 900 Nos i29 and i9l. occupied by .he >,n saun e.
% and this firm will lose from $4,000 TO $4,000 of
this amount, $4,000 is on STOCK