The chronicle=news., 1913-02-18

4, tLre. o'clock ,Eis morning the
stable building al tn rear Of III"
Bloom block wRs Observed to be In
flames. u had perhaps been barn
ing for several minutes. Two em
pioycs Of 'he morn,nl newspaper dis
covered the firc and Tg1ll2.H; thar
There were horses In III" building
made Crantic efforts "a '.l"ase thcn.
hut could not got In. tn" alarm was
sent in and the Nr. dcpgrtncE, re-
spont.i. Tho fire II Thought 10 haze
a,srica by m inccudI1Fy who had
,-ep, in'o tn" stable 20 .'"np. A man
was s"cn running away from the build
Ing ny ;hc ncD who discovered the
iirc. T.. J. Welsh ana ] VI. fAdgc;t.
The lire truck aad the hos. ap-
para,us made Iuick run to the
scene and found ih. building In
flames. indcr tho p,ay OF three
streams OF water tn. roof and wall
fell In. Previous % THIS however tn.
liz. lighters had attempted 20 save
the seven horses which were lied up
In the stable. They were forced out
by the terrible heat ~ III. burning
structure and the sufiochting smok"
emerging almost overcome Few
minutes before the walls fell In
ward. The doors were battered In
and In the cropping about three
horses with their names on fire were
seen. Tn. suffering animals cooking
In the awful blazing furnace were
shot. The other four horses were in
cinccratcd under the burning walls
and roof and buried four feet deep
in smouldcrinE hay. Tho stink OF
burning flesh drove the firemen In a
lssekenthe iever from the oinzinE
building.
The building. a structure Of brick
walls with wood and galvanized iron
roof was an old building and burned
like tinder. II was owned by John
Tarabino and shared for stable pur-
roscs ny Caldwell. Fowler and Burk
nard. About thirty tons OF hay were
stored In the building and this was
burned or soaked by the water. ".
a. Fowler estimates his ioss at
81 500. Including the fine team OF
horses. three buggics and n s.a set
OF harness. He carried $1,000 in
surance. The big furniture wagons
were wheeled out before the fire
reached them.
Five horses. all used In the dciiv-
cry service OF the Caldwell grocery
pcrishcd. The wagons were saved
but couple OF sets of harness werc
burned. Both Fowler and Caldwell
lost from ton to fifteen tons OF hay
each. A light wagon and several sets
of harness belonging to tho Burkhard
Saddlery company were burned. The
Caldwell loss and damage Is close 10
$1,000 and the Bnrkhard loss about
$500.
For six hours the firemen stayed
on the scene. Within half an hour
after arrival the blaze was under
control. but the falling in OF the roof
and walls spread the fire to all
parts OF the structure. The blaze in
the loose hay caused q white suifo-
eating smoke which made II diff
cult for the fircmen to work effect
lively. but bra>ing possible death in
the ruins, the men assisted by vol
nnteers pressed iu'o service stayed
on the job long after daylight. wet
garments clinging to them and their
faces singed and blackened.
The loss OF horses in the fire is
the greatest in years and recalls the
burning OF the C5urOy barns moro
than twenty years 20 at which time
moro than twenty borsef pertshed ~
the flames. From the start the blaz"
had before the alarm was turued In
1t is thought that nc fire had been
burning fifteen minutes or more.
Strange TO say with three policemen
having beats In hat vicinity the
fire was not nctlrd and had IL not
been discovered Wien 1t was. might
have wiped out m entire block OF
substantial buildings removed hut
the width OF the s'ley.