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STABLE ON FIRE.

WLOAEE TIioROUGipEDS DESTROYED IMAIX; STAMPER OF OTHERS,,:, V&'iSi:MSS;S}O' ■' ■■.■'■ :: ' ■■ ■'V,.:' ;tf" 'Association.) :' S%' : f?K'^S ;;: s*Auchraiiti,' January 5." ,;i; : A' lire broke out at ttio Harp of Krin .racing stables, Kllcrslie, I'.ist night, apparently in a food box. It had n good hold when discovered. Boxes containing the racehorses quartered there were, padlocked, but tlic doors were. , burnt open and tho hofscs got out as quickly as. possible. ■ It was then found that I'hroso (Sir Tristram —Zarobia), a vainnble hurdle lijiiro owned by Mr, G. F. Moore, of Kai Ivri, was incinerated. ■ When tho door of tho box containing ■Lady. Menseliikoff ■ (Jlenscliikofi —Sist-cv Francis) was burst open the niare, mad with pain and terror and quits blind, galloped round the yard paddock, with niano and tail blazing and tlip cover en her back burning lierccly. When sho was caught and an attempt made to 'remove the burning coyer the skin came away with it. Tho animal was in great 'agony.■■ Dr." Ring, veterinary surgeon, ordered her to bo sliot. The niare was owned by ...Mr.l). Thompson, of WangaInui. , .;, , '■"■!',: ,; .'.■■"■■/■' ■" '. ■■ ' ', ;, Koyal Arras, , owned by Mr. ,, Jervis George,', of New Plymouth, was badly bimied about tho head and nock, but will recover. ■■ ■ ":.:' ■ ;'"'' '' . ;. '■ Denis-o . Orrno was similarly burned about the neck and tail. : Crown Pearl, owned by Mr. Je.rvis George, was cut and bruised by miming into a fence during tho and. stampede that followed the opening of tho doors. Tho horses rushed ■ about the yard screaming ■ with pain and . terror, but eventually .■. all . irere -secured and quietened. ,,, ' ■■'<■■:: '■■' ' ■' "■ *'-'. North ■ East, ■ Unity, : ' and Cheddar eseapcd.injwy. - ... .. ■

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 5

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261

STABLE ON FIRE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 5

STABLE ON FIRE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 5

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