290 Animals on Second Floor Of Swift and Company Stables Meet Doom When Blast and Fire Come at Once.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-More than 100 horses were killed and about fifty wagons destroyed by explosion, it is supposed, of a steam pipe running over the roof of Swift & Co.’s barn at the stockyards.
There were 290 horses on the second floor of the barn at the time, and nearly half of them buried in the debris when the walls at the north section of the barn were blown out. The noted prize winning team owned by the company was saved.
James Collins, a watchman, was on the top floor of the barn when the explosion occurred. He was hurled to the ground but escaped with minor bruises. The loss is estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000.
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