| Show FIRES two horses and a cow boasted to death salt SaIt take had a novelty today in the shape of two fire are alarms the first was shortly after 10 am and was occasioned casio ned by the root ot of a summer r kitch kitchen enon on twelfth east street in the eleventh ward becoming beco mioK ignited Ignite ct from a stovepipe which was improperly protected the house was occupied by mrs C stewart reuben simpson en engineer I 1 n eer ol of the fire steamer chanced to te be in n the neighborhood at the time and with the assistance of a number 01 ol men succeeded in the flames the loss lose will be about 25 i the firemen were out promptly and add i made the long run ran up hill in quick time but there was no need of their services the second alarm was sounded just after 12 and was occasioned by the burning ol of mr bournes barn in the fourteenth ward the structure WAS a mass of 0 flames when wen the firemen reached the place BO 56 faey could do nathl nothing ilg toward saving it they prevented the fire from sp spreading Keiding to surround surrounding tug buildings in S ft it was a sad spectacle after the burning building bad collapsed to see lying lains among the ruins rains the scorched bodies of two carriage horses horse and one cow these with a buggy harness and other alier articles were in the barn when the fire was discovered but it was impossible to get them out so they were left to perish sam levy had bad a close call tor for serious damage but through the efficient work of the fire department he be got off with the loss of some loose tobacco the entire loss will aggregate about 1500 almost all of which falls on mr bourne who had but insurance on his bis barn the fire are originated in that most ost prolific cause of disastrous conflagrations a combination of small boys and latches matches the boys built a bonfire in the barn audit and it was but a short time before the barn and its contents wei e in the lion bonfire fire |
