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Livery Barn Afire

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
June
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

LIVERY BARN AFIRE

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Big Fire at Robinson's Palace Livery.

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THE HORSES WERE SAFE

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Although Many of Them Are Usually Kept Up Stairs.

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The Firemen Had a Hard Fight of It.---Mr. Robison was Badly Hurt by a Buggy Running Against Him.

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Saturday the Ann Arbor fire department again demonstrated that the city is fortunate in having faithful firemen that understand their business. About 2 o'clock fire was discovered in the addition to Robison's livery stable on S. Fourth ave., owned by O. M. Martin where their carriages and hay was stored and after a hard battle the fire was extinguished without spreading to the adjoining buildings. James W. Robison went up stairs to let down a rubber tirded buggy. He did not go into the rear of the second floor where the hay was stored, but he did not notice any smoke. When he got down stairs he happened to look up and saw coals of fire dropping through the floor. He had the horse that was ready hitched up in a hurry and at the same time gave the alarm. The fire department was promptly on the spot and poured water on the burning hay which gave out an immense amount of smoke. The smoke was so strong that it rendered the work of the firemen very difficult. Chief Sipley was assisted by Fire Commissioner Moses Seabolt as usual and by Fire Commissioner Millard. James Robison was severely injured by the shafts of a buggy which was being removed. It struck him in the face and leg. Several teeth were loosened and a big lump raised on his leg. All the horses were out of the building excepting the one which was being hitched to the buggy. The cause of the horses being away was the funeral of Mrs .Niel Gates at Dexter this afternoon. Most of the valuable rigs were out of the barn or on the lower floor and were taken out without damage. O. M. Martin had $1,000 insurance on the building in John R. Miner's agency which agency also had 1,500 insurance on Robison's contents. The fire evidently had started in the room where they kept the baled hay and the straw near the partition between that room and the front one where buggies were kept. The cause is not as yet known.