Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — FINE HORSES BURNED. [ARTICLE]

FINE HORSES BURNED.

Fire Destroys the Stables of Dr. Hernnys at the Fair Grounds in ’ St. Gouts. St. Louis, July 6. —At 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon fire broke out in the stable of Dr. Bernays at the fair grounds just as the first race was being called, and within an hour five valuable race horses and six stables had been consumed and seven other stables badly damaged. Spectators and track men rushed to Dr. Bernays stable and did what they could with the fair grounds’ hose, but the two streams were ineffectual and the wind spread the fire rapidly. The horses were cut loose from all the stables and turned into the infield of the track, where a crowd of spectators had collected. The frightened animals stampeded, and it was by the merest chance thut the crowd was not run down. A general alarm had been turned in, and by the time the department arrived six stables hud burned. Dr. Bernays’ lost Equitome, Anonyms and Bey del Corsa. and Clem Creveling lost Abe Fashion and Ferdowen. Several horses received injuries in the stampede. Two firemen were injured and conveyed to the hospital. The fire is supposed to have been of cigarette origin. Later it was found that Clem Creveling. who is in Chicago, had lost a third horse, a chestnut filly by Fuustus out of Black Crook, and the most vuluable of his string. The entire fire loss is estimated at SIO,OOO.