Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-23

damaged TO the amount OF SEU,UOU. tX-
hausted and smoke-soaked, the fremen OF
engine company 90 were returning to quar-
tiers, when another trolley-car crash upset
the engine at I'D street and Sd avenue.
James Murphy, the driver of the engine.
was thrown to the pavement and sustained
internal injuries. He was taken to the
Presbyterian Hospital.
Hot Blast in a Stable.
The Dispatch stable fire. with the loss
of four men and 200 horses and the res
cues of three men at the risk of fire.
mems lives, was the next blaze. The
stable building was a three-story brick
structure. After Policeman Kelley turn
ed in the first alarm crowd of citizens
and the police reserves rushed into the
burning building and made a desperate
dash through the stalls, cutting loose
halters, and throwing blankets over the
heads of the horses, began leading them
down runway to the street. The din
was terrific and the squealing made by
the terrified animals could be heard for
blocks. AS the flames spread. horses,
despite blindfolded eyes and quick work.
became completely Unmanageable. and
the old stable was maelStrom of hoofS
and stampedtng animals that made fur
Their work of rescuing out of the ques
ton. One hundred of the 800 animals
In the building were led out in safety,
however, While three horses, apparently
little the worse for fire, water and smoke,
TO James Frawley, fireman off duty,
is due the credit of the rescue of the
two negroes, Bill Fisher and William
Small. who We're on the point of jump
ing from the third floor of the stable
when he saw them and commanded them
to wait.
Scaling Ladders Adjusted.
Scaling ladders were adjusted and Fraw-
ley carried Small down to safety, while
E'irp,na N oil E'ichor
rescue was carried out in the midst of
flames SO hot that Smalrs back took fire.
1t was then that the two blacks with loud
praise for their delivery, kissed each other
rapturously as they looked back at the
burning building from which they had es-
capped.
OF the four dead men found in the build
ing this morning, two were lying along the
east wall, near the Washington street side,
burned to death. Near the west wall was
third man in a kneeling posture, as If he
met death in prayer. The driver who was
suffocated, and who was identified, was
near the kneeling figure. 1t was a custom
of drivers, stable hangerS-on, and other to
sleep in the stable at night, which fact
makes the number of dead uncertain until
further investigation.
A Back Draught.
back draught in building at "A Woos-
ter street gave the men of engine COM
panleS 10 ana ~ a DIT OF trouble ABOUT
a. m. The blaze was confined to a picture
frame factory on the top floor, and did
about $1,000 damage. While the tiremen
of engine 20 were on the stairs, and those
of Is on the fire escapes, they were hit by
the draught. The men the stairway
were thrown down the steps, but there
were no serious injuries. Six men were
sent back to the stations for rest and re-
pairs.
AT 1925 o'clock this morning there was a
fire in the fve-story tenement at 451 East
10th street, which filled the building with
smoke. 1t was with difficulty that the
tenant escaped. Those on the first floor
had no trouble in getting out but those
on the floors above found it necessary to
use the fire escapes. Nobody was hurt.