The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-08
BIG BLAZE NEAR MIDNIGHT
THREE BAFNS DESTROYED 1NU
 NINE HORSES CREMATED.
Highly Explosive Substances Removed from Contiguous Structurcs-Fire-
 mens' Prompt Work Saved Adjoininr Property-Thousandso of People at tho scene-Fire's Origin a Mystery. W

Property--Thousand of People at tho
 scene-Fire's Origin Mystery.
 One of the largest and most dangerous
 fires with which the local department
 has had to contend for some time was
 the one discovered shortly before eleven
 o'clock last night. It was located in the
 combined barns of the Starln line. the
 Builders Supply company and T. H.
 Molloy, the truckman, which were in
 the rear of the office of the Builders
 supply company at the corner of Brown
 and Water streets. They were just to l the left of the street leading to the Starin dock. Although the f1remen re-
 sponded quickly and the fire was hans
 dled in an excellent manner, the barns
 ana most of their contents were com-
 pletely destroyed. The Starin barn was
 of brick, while the other barns, situated
 directly to the rear of the Starin barn.
 were of wood. In consequence of the
 nature of their structure and of the re-
 cent dry spell the latter burned like finder.
 It was only after the most persistent
 efforts on the part of the f1ref1en that the flames were controlled and kept from
 communicating to adjacent buildings.
 The contents of the barns were proha-
 ply more valuable than the buildings
 themselves, as in the Starin barn tf1era
 were three horses, an omnibus and d
 truck The horses were burned ir tteir
 stalls and the omnibus was also de- stroyed. T. H. Molloy-had seven horses and six wagons and trucks in his barn. 1t is thought that six of the seven horses and all but one of the wagons were de- stroyed. It could not be learned last
 night whether tie Builders Supply company had it's horses in the barn or not, but it was said that the animals were taken to the country in the after- noon. The company however, had sew eral wagons, which were burned. The horses were kept in the barn proper, while the trucks and wagons were iii small sheds adjacent to the barns. All of these sheds were burned.
 The fire was discovered by small boy, who hurried to the home of MT. Molloy and informed him that his place was on fire. By this time the entire building was ehveloped in. flames and the heat from them was so intense that no one could stand it to 90 near enough to the buildings to rescue any of tha1 animals or. remove the other cont6ffs.A Immediately in front of the barns is the factory of the New Era Lustre corn- pany, which manufactures several dif- ferent kinds of 1llstre. One of the arti- cles used in the manufacture is soluble This is kept near the out- side door and was removed from the building with all possible haste and car- ried quite distance. If the fire had reached this building with its contents of a high explosive nature 1t IS impose sib1e to conjecture what the result would have been. Besides this there was al large supply of other inf1ammable ma terial on hand, which, if it had taken fire, would have added to the intensity and destructiveness of the flames. To this building the f1remen directed their attentions with all possible haste, and they made sure that 1t would not take fire. They fortunately kept the flames from reaching into the blaming room of the Builders Supply company, which was filled with contract work in dif- 'erent states Of completion There was | SlIOIlS WlIlu UlUWllS HUH LIlC GelS V Iasa md directly away from the building )ut towards the water. The flames eaped up into the air for many feet. ighting up that whole section of the < ,ity.
 The stables of the Halsted & Har- mount company are east of the burned and at a distance of fifty feet. They caught fire from the heat, but the James were quickly extinguished. On he west in @ dry dock was a naphtha aunch which is and has been in cours8 if construction for the past two years 'y an Italian groceryn1an of Fair street. Ie works on the launch at odd times- t caught fire and the sides were badly harred before the flames were extin- .uished.
 While attempting to rescue wagon
 lineman employed By the Southern yew England Telephone company was uite badly injured by having twc- ach knife blade driven into his arm ear the elbow. He was using the knife ) cut some ropes which held the shafts l place. The wound bled freely. The 1an refused to give his name and also efused medical aid. On last Monday Award Phelan, q member of the New Taven Yacht club was fortunate nough to have his fine forty-foot naph- 1a launch removed from her winter which were in close proximity , the buildings which were destroyed, , the yachts new place about five hun- red yards away. The flames burned n electric light wire in two, but fortu- ately no one was injured. The ends of 1e wire came In contact with a wet lank and made enough light So that le firemen could see quite plainly after le flames had been extingtiished Two arms were sent in from box 32 corner Water and Brewery streets.
 The origin of the fire Is a mystery. he last man in the barns was the driv- of the Starin bus. He put up his orses about 10:3o o'clock, which was lily about twenty minutes before the te was discovered. He did not smell ny smoke or notice anything unusual .y bout the building. The loss Is estimate to be about s6,000, but the full mount of the insurance could not be ,certained. It is said, however, that the parties concerned carried more
 less insurance. The Starin lines 'operty is insured in the Lloyds agen- of New York. There was also some carried by McNeil, Kerrigan I'd Burton aeencies Despite the late.