The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-14
FIRE At LUv'''E!R'NEs
ssTl,e Palace Livery Bsrn Barns to the
NJ liround Saturday Night. Practi-
s...>.,z IS. calIy Total Loss, .>%* l.

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.g At almost exactly 10 O'Clock Sun
day morning, tire was discovered IN
tile southwest corner Of the Palace
livery barn in this city. Joe Toms,
Bert Boudy. the night man at the
barn, and William Roam were stand
ing on the walk in front OF the barn
when one Of them dioovered the re-
tiection Of the fire il the windows
Of Myre's photograph gallery across
the street 5,Examination disclosed
that the fire started in 9 box stall IN
the southwest corner OF the barn.
The alarm was at once given and
Art Herbert and Martin Brazell has
tened to the city hall and rang the
bell. The lire companies responded
with great alacrity, but the t1re
spread with such great rspidlty thas
jt was utterly impo sble to save the
building, as we'll as most Of the con-
tents. 49,
AT the time there were thirty
three horses in the barn, and aoout
twenty ton Of hay, and a large num-
Der Of vehicles, harnesses and other
personal property. Twenty seven
head Of horses perished, Of which
twenty-five belonged to J. n. Rob-
erts. Mr.. Croswell lost two horses,
and 81. j. Miller lost his valuable
shetland pony. Six Of Mr.. Roberts
horses were saved. Geo. Steen, OF
Steen and Bert Missman each saved
one horse. The latter horse was the
last one taken from the barn. 1t
was badly scorched and fell near
the entrance and was dragged out.
Two buses, two hacks and two
draws were saved from the flames.
All the better class of vehicles were
on the second floor and could not be
saved. The fire spread with won
derful rapidity, and within an hour
from it's first discovery, the building
and it's contents were In ashes.
Most of the horses had broken loose
\ from their stalls during the fire and
4 hslaa aled her near 4 the Y,
southeast corner Of the barn where
their charred remains presented
pitiful spectacle. 1t il supposed
that they were smethered by the
dense smoke before the fire reached
The fire companies did excellent
work in checking the further spread
Of the fire. It is extremely tortu-
nate that there was no wind at the
time. otherwise it would have been
impossible to have prevented the
spread OF the fire to adjacent build
ing. At one time the Manitou Hotel
was in great danger. Most OF the
windows on the west side were bro
ken by the intense heat. and some
OF the rooms were so hot that it was
impossible to remain in them.
A small barn southeast OF the
Palace barn was nearly consumed,
and only by the most heroic efforts
was the small cottage on the west
side and the residence of W. A..
Wright, saved. + The plate glass
windows in Myre's photograph gal
lery across the street, were broken
by the heat and Mrs. Barck's resi-
dence now being reouilt, narrowly
esoapel burning. Great fire brands
were hurled hundreds of feet into
the air and were scattered over g
wide area Of the city. It is fortunate
that it did not result in . general
confiagration. No sooner was the
fire under control when the wind
changed to the north, blowing q
stiff gale. Had this happened an
hour earlier, large part of the city
would have been wiped out.
) The loss to Mr.. Roberts is about
$10, 100000. The building was in
sured for $500. E., .-.. -
\ It is singular fact that JUST five
years ago lacking one day, early on
. Snrdov morning. the large livery