The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-03

} Sparks from Erie Railroad iocOinO-
tives early today caused three fires, in
which forty-four horses were burned to
death. MANY flrcmen had narrow es-
capes. the. innlu4es of the Englewoed
Hospital were imperiied and a $119ooa
money loss was entailed.
Twenty-Five horses, valued at $1,000
were burned to death amid terrifying
scenes in a fire starting at 2:15 o'clock
that totally destroyed the large fashion
livery OF Hayes q Sons. on Bellevue
avenue, in Upper Montclair. An eS-
enpt fireman was badly burned about
the head and other firemen barely es-
capped death in a futile effort to release
the frantic horses.
Doctors nDd Nurses Fight Fire.
Sparks from an Eric locomotive set
fire to the brushwood near the Engie-
wood Hospital, but before the inmates
became alarmed the flames We're ex-
tinguished by the physicians and
nurses. 4 line of hose was run out
of one of the hospital windows and
played on the blaze. The doctors and
orderlies at first tried OF quench the
flames with hand extinguishers, but
these were found ineffective.
Twenty-Five horses, valued at $4,000,
are dead, and two business buildings
and a private dwelling are in ruins, the
result of an early blaze that got its
start in the livery stable of Patrick ].
Quirk, undertaken, at Englewood. En-
gine sparks caused the fire. Near
ly all the horses were owned
by the Acker, Merrall & Condt
Company, of New York. The total loss
is $40, 600 Fire apparatus from Hack
ensack. Tenafiy and neighboring towns
responded to calls for help. Efforts
We're made to rescue the horses. but
they could not be driven out.
A stiff breeze blew and the flames
spread from the Quirk stables to the
Hygeia Ice Company's building, rapidly
eating away that structure: then to a
private dwelling. They shot across the
Northern Railroad tracks to the coal
sheds of George A. Payson, but the
flremen checked their progress there.
1t was difficult fight TO prevent the
flames from extending TO the business
section
The entire town turned cut to view
the spectacular blaze. Many women
We're driven away by the terrible neigh
ing of the burning horses.
Tventy-two Horses Bnrned.
Hayes & Sons livery stable on Belle
vue avenue. Upper Montclar. was
totally destroyed by fire at 2:15 o'clock
this morning, and twenty-five horses
We're burned to death.
The fire was discovered by Charles
Gibbs, the negro stableman, who slept
in small room in the office building
Gibbs was awakened by a cracking
sound, and jumping out of bed found
the stable i'm flames. He led out one
horse and then ran out crying fire.
Policeman William Lawlor sent in an
alarm, and Hose Company No. 4 and
Hook and Ladder Company No .. To-
Gated in Valley road, within block OF
the fire responded quickly. and addi
tional apparatus came after a second
alarm had been rung
When the firemen arrived tho stable
was a mass OF flames, and it was inn
possible TO save it or its contents
The shrieks of the frenzied animals
We're heartrending The stables were
IN the rear Of buildings facing on Belize
vue avenue, reached by an alleyway
The lremen tried to save the surround
ing buildings, and in spite of the high
wind succeeded in doing so.
Messlers barn, adjoining, caught fre.
but the flames were put out after
quantity of hay and fifty barrels Of
flour had been damaged. The horses
and wagons We're removed in safety
The loss on tho livery stable is eSti-
mated at $4,000. Tho buildings be-
longed to A. Eben Van Gieson, and
were valued at about $4,000. Messler's
loss will reach about $500
OF the twenty-five horses burned