Horses had been turned loose and were running at large to prevent their being Incinerated in the burning buildings.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror"
Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows
Within thirty seconds perhaps 50,000 persons were killed, and the streets of St. Pierre were heaped with dead bodies, soon to be Incinerated or buried in the ashes that fell from the fountain of flame.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror"
Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows
It hits the atmosphere at orbital velocity, and is Incinerated."
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun