Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-19
TWenty.Seven Animals Incin-
Grated in Stable.
MANY OTHERS ARE SAVED
Owned by Rusk & Bayly, Street
Cleaning Contractors.
KICKED LIGHTED LANTERN
Spectators Drenched by Streams.
Hose Bursts-Big Truck Unman-
ageable on Street.

4 lighted lantern. presumably kicked
over by horse, is thought to have
caused the fire which resulted I'm the
death OF twenty-seyen horses last might
in a three-story brick stable I'm Hanover
street, between LIST and North Capitol and
and streets northwest.
The horses were the property of Rusk
& Bayly. contractors for cleaning the
streets of the District of Columbia. Their
loss is said to be about $4,000.
Owner and Tenant Suffer Losses.
The other losers were the j. E. Smith
Paper Box Company. proprietors OF the
Capital Paper Box Company. which oc-
cupied the upper floor. OF the building.
about $4,000. and $4,000 loss to the build
ing. owned by j. Edward Chapman,
coal dealer. who said last night that the
building was insured for $1,000.
One hundred and three horses were
| in the stable when the fire broke out. A
Waterman and an assistant were water
| ing them shortly after O'Clock last
| night, when the fire started. AS the
| Waterman was about to enter the stable
| with a horse he had taken out to water
| he discovered the entire interior abaze.
| An alarm was Immediately sounded
| Battalion Chief keliher, who is To-
| Gated but few squares away, arrived
with the department on the first alarm
| He Immediately sounded secono
alarm.
Chief Wagner. in his big red automo-
bile, responded on the second alarm. He
ordered a third alarm sounded.
| The names were gaining considera5 Die
Roadway. 1t was feared they would
| spread i'm
Hanover street, occupied by colored fam
| lilies.
Neighbors Rescue Animals.
While fire apparatus was arriving In
response to the first alarm the two stable
employees. with residents of the neigh
borhood. rescued a number of horses and
mules. Charles Johnson of 125 l. street
northwest, John Jackson of 1896 I'd street
northwest, Arthur Howard of ; Baltimore
street northwest and Charles Wood OF
24l9 street northwest placed handker-
chiefs about their faces and entered the
stable several times and cut the halters
OF horses and mules to release them.
The terrified animals, however, would
not leave the stable of their own accord
| Several trips were made by the rescuers
| to lead them out of the building.
| When these rescuers were working a
one end of the building the police and
several citizens engaged in similar work
from another end
| A number of horses, however, stabbed
I'm the center OF the building. near where
the fire is thought to have started, never
got out of their stalls The rescuers were
unable to get to them to cut their halt
ers. They died within q short time.
| Three horses, owned by James c.
Hoover butter and eggs dealer OF n
| n street northwest. were released from
his stable, which adjoined the burnins
building. This stable. however. was moi
reached by the flames.
Flames Are Checked.
The interior of the stable was burned
| out. When the flames reached the upper
floor. occupied by the paper box com
pany, it was thought the fire would get
beyond control.
Chief Wagner. in the midst OF falins
glass from windows and burning tim
bers which fell from the upper floors.
| directed eight lines of hose to the upper
| story. Within a short time the flames
were checked i'm that direction.
While Chief Wagner was at the rear
end of the stable Battalion Chief keliher
and succeeded in keeping the flames from
spreading to the row of houses in Han
over street and also TO the coal yard of
j. Edward Chapman. which faces on y
street
Thousands were attracted to the scene
The reserves of the second, third, fifth
and eighth police precincts were kept
busy holding back the spectators within
the fire ropes.
Spectators Get Wetting.
Several hundred had gathered in
| stone yard in the rear of the stable
where they had commanding view Of
the work of the firemen. They got a
drenching when several streams of water
came through the building from the 9TH
| err side of the stable.
| 4 hose burst in front of the homes of
| Frank Mitchell and George Brown, 32iz
| and 81 Hanover street. Some of the con-
| tents OF the dwellings, were damage by
| water.
| While No. truck company trans
| ferring on the third alarm to No.
| chemical company's house the brake
broke on Connecticut avenue hill. The
| big fire apparatus ran upon the three
| horses. The driver was unable TO check
| the runaways, and for two squares they
| were unmanageable.
| When the truck reached r street il
| skidded and struck the east side OF the
| curb, throwing the horses to the pave
ment. The truck company was unable
| to proceed to the engine house.