Smyrna times., 1923-05-30
aRF BURNS LARGE STABLE
IHDGH0RSES At THE HOME
oyv oFTHE MOST SPECTACULAR
W. =, ,yTON HAS HAD IN YEARS
Companies of Clayton Smyrna,
fns n',or and MiddletOwn, Quickly Re
DO ,Dond and Kept Flames Down

III. no, and NIiddletOwn, Quickly Re-
.DOud and Kept Flames Down
o1o Of the most spectacular fires
c'r+on v.[ has experienced in years
..aI ...Ls out in the large barn at St.
gsanb's I'a Industrial School, at eleven
.SIoS .,Ioek Sunday morning, burning up
v.'' \. borses. a lot of hay, harness and
;.,DIoments. entailing a loss of up
~srJs .r Of $4,000. So quickly did the
a. ~ cain headway before the fire en-
n mos arrived, the fremen had hard
rark TO save other buildings. The
az was discovered by Mrs. Joseph
,r I,rss who lives near the school. 1t
+srted in the large stock barn but
~ eause is undetermined. Mrs. Jones
-,re the alarm and fire companies in
CLAYTON. Smyrna, Dover and Middle
torn we're appealed to and sent ap-
n,ratus to the scene. All the live
stock with the exception of six horses
we're gotten out, they perishing in the
flames. Ten horses, fifteen calves and
+, large number of cattle were run out
4 he barn shortly after the fire was
discovered. Efforts to get other hOrs-
{: out failed.
COlored Student Body Assist Firemen
About seventy colored boys, inmates
Of the school, and a large number of
r,dents of the vicinity assisted the
iemen in fighting the flames. The
large frame barn where the fire start
Cd. was soon enveloped in flames and
n then spread to another barn in which
n there was large quantity of hay and
other feed, and also to straw stacks
A and silOs in the rear of the large barn.
Il The smaller barn was of corrugated
ron, but the fire got a good headway
4 in the hay and other feed which made
Il t stubborn blaze to fight. The fire
men fought the blaze for two hours
\ TO save the other buildings. A large
4 amount Of farming equipment was
burned. There was serious danger OF
the flying sparks and embers setting
fire to the school rooms, the dOrmi-
e tories and administration building, all
Of which were only a short distance
away. The heat from the burning
barns was so intense that it was harC
for the fremen to get near enough
70 play streams of water on the Other
structures. At one time it was nee
essary to get doors from other build
ilgs and some of the fremen woult
hold these up for a short time between
the barns and the other building
while fremen crouched on the groun,
turned the hose on and kept the larg,
school and administration building we
50 that sparks would not ignite it. Al
these buildings are frame structures
Big Bull on Rampage is Subdued
While the fire was raging ther
vas much excitement and almost
Stampede caused by the actions of
9g registered Holstein bull which
The Over-lord of the fine herd of Hol
stems kept on the place. All of tn
cattle had been gotten out of tn
Mfnng barn and had been penned /
|o helds to the south of the burnin
Structure and we'll away from the hea
and flying sparks and embers. Tn
QUILL, however, which is one of tn
most valuable animals of the herd ha
%en turned loose and had the rang
u Ine open fields on the farm. FC
:8ale ne kept in the background bl
MaLy when the crowd had assemble
u the grounds from Clayton, Smyrn
luck creek, Smyrna Landing, KentC
'la the farming community her,
.oouis' the bull appeared, surveyt
Ae crowd Of men, women and childre
'al began believing, shaking his hea
'M paving the ground. EveryboC
sI'pln sight began hunting for shelf,
AI0"lng that if an animal of that 81,
T@lged into the crowd, it would me;
,aIa to some and injury to other
- we critical moment when the bI
vas only about 100 feet from Il
uOTd a small white man rushed fo
SS'u and yelled, don't run or he W
aI'er YOU" He then picked up
. I-llA and made for the bull. !
aSouI the same time a colored Ia
r;S sI OelOnged on the place rushed o
W. Sa long handle pitch fork. T
.I'e man and the colored boy char
We lnturiated bull which as so
4 ae ielt the fork probing him, tu1
T sullenly and began walking aws
.r'H ,a' uia not suit the colored boy no
,,.., ,ol VINO rushed in and gave the b
s.'s s-',ner jab with the fork that ouiC
L.. ,.u MS speed. The two men drc
ss1 al O'er into the middle of a wht
m5 I several hundred yards dists
i, 4ept nm cOrraled there until
@e hre had been put out.
TTsnfatty T Risks Life to Save StoC
n,,. -'ler Representative Charles H;
A ngured in one of the sensati,
y, Instances stances connected with the f
t,D.. \. .nssnratty lives but a short Z
sr,;1, ~ rom Clayton. Hearing on
,%al ..,a at the fire that two horses E
u ~ r' sun were in the burning bi
on 'S1ed ~ In and tried to lead tn
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