Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

There was a terrific fire in St. Louis on Monday night of last week. It broke out at 12 o’clock, on Market Street, in the Livery Stable owned by Laveille and Morton. All efforts to save buildings were fruitless; and horrible to state, fifty-one horses are supposed to have been burnt with the building. Others were let loose, wild with agony and fright-their manes on fire and presenting a terrific spectacle. To relieve them from suffering, several were shot down. From the stable the fire reached the old Catholic church, which having been abandoned, was used as a warehouse. The walls of this building are along left standing.