The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-23

wife out of the cottage and r.turncd d
into the flames several times, each
time to rescue one of his six children
When his family had been rescued
silva aroused the family of Manuel
who were sleeping under the burning
roof of an adjoining cottage on the
stock Yards grounds, by throwing
stones through the window and shout E
ing. But for the coolness and bravery
of Silva several lives would surely
have been lost. After seeing to the
safety of the human lives endangered.
the Portuguese rushed back into the
stables and did what was possible for
the craZed and shrieking animals
a mounted patrolman, George Kaeo,
was among the first arrivals at the
scene of the conilagration. and diI
splendid work i'm the rescue of the
horses. He first cut loose n horse at
tach"d to Loves bakery wagon. hitch
ed near the entrance of the building
then ran around to the rear. attracted
by the cries of the suffering animals.
He attempted to get into the stables
proper but the heat prevented this.
While he hestated he was joined by
Silva the watchman. and the two men
went into the auxiliary stables the
walls Of which the flames were begin
ming to burn.
They kicked out the boards of the
into the marsh. These are the horses
that wandered away, there being no
enclosure. The two men then went IN
to the second stable. which was a mass
OF flame, and led out several norses,
one by one, to the corrals adjoining.
passing directly unders the flames
, They continued this work until it was
I impossible to enter the stables. ani
| the suffering animals, frantlcaliy
struggling, in their stalls, had To bo
| abandoned to the heat and the suffo-
eating clouds of smoke. II is believed
that most of the horses We're destroyed
, by suffocaton rather than by nre.
! AS to the horses lost. men who hay,
been every day about the stables, esti-
mate that eighty were destroyed. and
that nearly that number escaped IL
is still impossible to know exactly how
many are still alive. as many OF the
animals ran ont of the corraIs AMI
Strayed away. Several horses that are
known to have left the stables, have
not yet been found, though search is
being made for them. Several of the
animals We're severely burned, ana
three had to be shot yesterday. \
number of others are under the care
of DR., Shaw for treatment. Among the
, horses saved We're +. II. Louck' $
Mesquite, ana Nettie II, both well
known racers.
! The losers of private property, 50
far as known, are: Pacific Hardware
Company, two horses and two drays
j. r. Morgan, two horses and three
wagons; Bergstrom Music Company,
horse and delivery wagon; l.. de l..
Ward, G. \. Rice. 9. q. Balentyne. g.
u. Grimwood and Dr. Il G. Water
house, each a horse and carriage.
Last week five hackmen of the No
1871 stand took their hacks and horses
from the Stock Yards Stables and nut
them in the new stables ON Hotel
street, opposite the hotel Thus they
escaped the fate that met the hacks
I ana horses of eighteen other hackmen.
among whom are the following: .Speu-
Ger, Frank Lillis, Hugh Rooney Tom
Corey, Joe Clark, Pierce, and several
Chinese and Japanese. There were
twenty-five hacks in all at the stables,
but -four had not been put up when
the iir" started, Their. loss is total.
1t is very probable that the fire was
OF incendiary origin. though the thor
ough work of the flames left no traces.
the complete destruction OF the place
removing any clew that might have
verified the supposition. Last week
there was IA small fire in the building
under construction, which was thought
to have peculiar origin to say the
least pair of overals saturated