The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
Contractor jenkins Loses En-.
tire Outfit: No Insurance.
THREE BIG STABLES
BURNING AT ONCE
One ofthe Most Exciting Fires In stha
Recent History of tho City-stable.
men In the Burning Buildings
Aroused by Police-Many
Marrow Escapes-vehi.
cIes are Lost.

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Ono OF the most exciting nres for al
year or more, and one in which probably
forty heavy draft or driving horses and for.
ty OF fifty vehicles. three brick stables andf
q large quantity OF feed were destroyed
and several persons barely escaped from
the burning structures, occurred at II
o'clock this morning near the corner Of,
Tenth and Cary Streets, .l AZ
The loss will exceed twenty thousan6
and may reach thirty thousand dollarsS
Much OF the burned property was not cov-i
cred by insurance. 55S.N
AS well as can be learned. the fire origS
mated up stairs, in or near the rear OF,
tho livery and boarding stables OF p. P.
Jenkins, fronting on Cary Street and runs
ming back in the direction OF Main Street.,
One opinion as to the origin is that the
flames started in the blacksmith shop Of z
the Ainslle carriage factory, over or nd-8
Joining the rear OF enkns' STABLE When
discovered the Jenkins stable was aflame
within from end to end, and the fire was
sbnr-tlng so5flercely that 1t was impossible
to rescue tho poor, panic-stricEen5 beasts,
which plunged and dashed blindly about
until they succumbed to the smoke and
fame.
THREE STABLES BURNED.
The burned aren is in the shape of an
r., the long stem of which extended vest
ward from Tenth Street between Main and
Cary in the direction Of Ninth, and from
the farthest point west at right angles
south to Cary Street. s.
The entire area extending from the
Alnslie carriage factory on Tenth Street
sollthward to tho corner of Cary. and
thence along Carysto the fire engine house,
in the middle of the block. was either de-
stroyed or badly damaged. The row of
Itwo-story briclt houses on the north Side
of Cary Street from the corner to the
engine house were damaged, and the fur-
niture and household goods broken up on
injured by being thrown from upper winS
dows by the pniac-stricken inmates of th(
lodging The street floors of these strucS 4
lunch-rooms. On the Ninth Street sidef
adjoining the corner. was a. 8two-storH
dwelling, and next to that the livery and
boarding stables of NJ j. CrulI and frlr@
ther up the stable of II. A. Smith.
On Ninth Street, from the A1nsle faoS
tory southward, in the order named. wers
the livery stables Of r. "A. Smith and
IN T. Crull while the stable of p. u
Jenkins fronted on Cary, adjoining the
engine house. In the stables We're many N
horses and vehicles. much feed and for-f
age, and q quantity of valuablet harness..
the greater part Of which were destroyed;
WHAT WAS LOST.
AS far as can be learned at this hourl
sC2 A. Ny, the stables had these horsesf
p. p. jenkins, eleven horses owned bys
merchants and others In the city. Be-.
sides this the stable contained about h
thirty yehcles-three trucks, six wagons,
two carriages, four buggles. three phae-
tons, and one or two other vehicles, and Il
harness for all the teams. OF this num-
ber, one horse and one mail wagon,
which were on the street. Were saved
of Mr. Jenkins property; four horses be-
longing to ~ B. Taylor Company. four
more owned by Long G. Riddick. one
owned by r. r, Campbell, one by tho
Rev. w. V, Tudor, p. D., and two yehi-
ces belonging to Or. Tudor and others
owned by the firms named. DR.. Tudor'H
horse ana one owned by Mr.. Jenkins
were all that We're saved. and all the
twenty odd vehicles were burned.
Mr., Jenkins estimated that these horseE.
would average at least sl25 In value. and
one alone owned by him he said he woult
not have sold for a thousand dollars, ZIG
has lost, as nearly as he could eshmatef
about twenty horses owned by him oS
boarded there, This alone would exceed
$4,000, and Will probably reach $500,
The building occupied by Nrr. JenkinG
was owned by David A, Ainslie, and was
nrobably worth $4,000, IN addition to his
other losses was quantity OF feed and
proyender. afaaa
The loss to Mr.. Jenkins Is the most
serious of all. He had allowed his In
slrance to lapse and lost everything hs
had, practically. including the mall
wagons necessary to cary out his cons
tract for hauling the malls to and from
the railway stations and docks. There
we're nine OF these wagons lost and ono
saved.
vetarlnavy surgeon, escaped with the
slightest loss, He had only six horses
In his hospital (stablel for treatment.
and four OF these We're rescued before the
angry flames swooped down upon them
ana eStinguished their life. But the
blaze in this stable Is peculiarly sad
because OF the value of the horses which
suffered from the loss.
A VAI4UAFIH1 RACER IoSTs
4 As a result OF the fire, ar Kirk
Mathews Min prove the heaviest per-
sonal losers. except Mr., jenkins; Make
H.. his fast trottng horse. was one ot
the two TO perish In the flames at tia
hospital The animal was by far the
fastest and most valuable stallion In
Richmond. having mark OF 2:l3 la.
He had beer left at the place for an
operation, and yesterday DR. Smith at- 2
tended him. He wss recovering fapidlysl
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