The sun., 1900-10-22
DISASTROUS FIRE
IN N'DAN|EL BROS
LIVERY STABLE
Thirteen Horses Perished in the
Fire on Eleventh Street
Yesterday.
CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN
The Interior OF the Building Com
pIeteIy Gutted and the Entire
Loss Will Probably Reach
$25, 900. DIR. Pierce's Horse
Has Narrow Escape.

A disastrous fire broke out in McDan-
el Bros. livery stable, No. 11O-112' West
Eleventh street about 5 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. 1t is estimated that
about 40 horses were in the stable at
the time and about Is of that number
were either burned to death or sulfo-
Gated by the smoke.
The total loss, insluding the building
which was entirely gutted inside, horses,
vehicles, feed and other articles, will
amont to nearly $4,000.
1t was few minutes after 5 o'clock
when Harry Keeper of No. 107 West
Ninth street discovered smoke coming
from the second story windows Of the
building and within minutes flames
We're shooting from the windows and
the entire inside of the building was on
fire.
Mr.. Keeper ran to the stable ut once
and notified them of the fire and an
alarm was turned in from box at Tenth
and Orange streets.
At the time Elmer and Montgomery
Mcdaniel the two brothers who carry
on the business and their six employees
We're busy on the ground floor and knew
nothing of the fire until Mr.. Keeper
gave the alarm.
Everyone at once turned their atten-
ton to the horses which were in stalls
in the rear of the stable and succeeded
in getting the majority of them out of
the building The greater number of the
horses were turned out of their stalls
but when they had got them half way
out a number Of them run back. The
rear doors of the stable which open into
allnt. MI hn 10
Lingo with several others succeeded in
gctlinp -four ou tiye of the horses out
that ,guy.
Gcogc Il. Ward, president Of the
Board of Health, keeps his team at Nc
Daniel Bros. stable and had just re-
turned from a drive several minutes be-
fore the fire was discovered Mr.. Ward
saved his own horse and carriage and
also helped to get a number of other
horses out.
Montgomery Mcdaniel was overcom
ly the smoke while trying to got the
horses out and had to leave the building
Me Friendship Fire Company, being the
nearest company, was the first 10 ar.
rive and have Il stream on the fire.
he Water Witch and Phoenix a..
rived shortly afterwards and the diff
fcrtl.t engines were Stationed ss fol
lows: Friendship, Eleventh and Tatnal
streets; Phoenix, Eleventh and Oiang,
streets and Water Witch. Eleventh ans
West streets. The Delaware ant
Phoenix trucks We're also present.
On account Of the .arge quantity o
hay ind straw in the building the fire
men had hard time - g.l the fir,
Liider control. All of the engines ha,
stream on it for five hours and it wa
not until midnight that the fire was en-
tirely under control.
1t is not known for certain wha
started the fire but :, is the genera
opinion that it was caused by spontane
Gus combustion. 1t first started on tn
east side of the loft where about 2
IONS of hay We're stored. Elmer Nc
bahiel stated last night that the loss t
Il Mcdaniel Bros. would, as near as h
could estimate it, amount to about $12, 90
hS follows: Damage to building, 1000
20 tons of hay, II tons of straw am
other articles, $4,000. The building WA
insured for $4,000 and the contents fo
$780,
The loss to those who kept teams
the stable will also probably reac
$4,000. or these Thomas j. Tale
whose loss will reach $4,000 is th
heaviest loser. Mr.. Talley lost tw
horses which he bought in Philadelphi
only last week and paid $1,000 for tn
TWO. lie also lost three fine vehicle,
Others who lost by the fire rs far t.
could he learned last night We're us 70
lows: Max Elliott, il horse valued a
5000; Percy Darlington, horse whic
he refused $3.50 Tor last week; Harla
q. Scott, valuable horse; James NJ,
llirg, horse; Eben q. Griffith, horse
Diamond State Steam Laundry, horst
=. NJ. Mather, one horse and two cal
riageS; Clifford Greenman, horse; Harl
Gatwalls. horse; james keenan,. hors,
Herbert n. Fell horse; james AIegar.
one horse and one carriage. Edward |
Name had three horses in the stable, on
was ost and two saved,
Ihe most remarkable occurance of II
~ hre was the escape of IL horse owned L
n Dr. William G. Pierce. The horse
some unknown manner stayed in fl
n stable for an hour and n half witho,
peihg burned to death. William Myel
OF the Water Witch Fire Compar
" brought the horse out of the building
$50 o'clock and it was apparently III
injured except being slightly burne
III about the head,
M The most of the vehicles and borna
On the lower floor were removed h,
M lhere was large number of carriag
a IN the loft which are probably destroye
Inc horses that escaped were sheltert
III the different livery stables around IL
cry Inc exact number of horses viii,