, 1874-03-23
| Large Fire III indianapolis Ycstcr.
! terlay--FWo Business Blocks
i Destroyed.
The Loss Estimated at 100000 or
! $500, ,000---partIal List OF
Insurance.
Other Fires Reported Yesterday.
Elrn Mt indianapolis

1HpANAroL1a Ind, h1nrcI, 2l.-1en minutes
hfler thin oycntng fro broke ont tn Commercial
llow, an immenso four-story iron-front brick
business blocls, Owned by John q. Wright. Will
Inn ManBur, aud J.. II. Vergcn Within two
minutos after tho tlgcovory, tho fanes burnt
through tho roof, passing rapidly from end to
end of tho block. 4 strong wind bloSing from
tl,c westward aided tho dovourins e1ornont and
for a tino 1t was thought nothing could snvo tho
Daily journal building adjoining. Energetic
measures proved successful, and tho building
Has uninjurod. Just across the street stood tho
new hotel, 80 foet front and 100 deep. aud threc
stortos high. This building caught. i1ro several
times and tho lamos woro extinguishod. Finally
tho heat from tho burning block opposite
drove tho flrenlon from their post, and the anos
awept intu the heated building, which Was Kuttod
III q worry few minutes. Tho walls, being strong,
stood
THE AWFUL HEAT,
combining the fn,ncs. and preventing them from
reaching tho adjoining buildings. The Losal
was owned by Henry Sheets, Of lhlH city. Bis
Apll & Cy., of Now York, held s100, ,000 iuiores.
Martindaio Block. opposite the Post -Ofice,
WIS noAt assailcd The tlremen fought we'll and
'acceedoa IN squeic|'ing the fire after tho uppor
etory had buried nway. This block was oocu-
pied BY hnff Y duzon secoud-ralo stores, nearly
u! Of which woro totally destroyed. During tho
fro tie wind vecred north, threatening fright
iul conLagsatlun. Coals flow naall, nile,
raining down on the streets md huu.e-
tols. Tho strong wallis mud energetic aclion
ovarpoH srel tie fury Of tho olotnont saving
tie city from O dL astor like tint of Chicago.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE
The isotol mud Mercantile Row woro just being
completed. THO loss Oh tho former il estimated
at sl40' Vuo; insured Ill tcn Eastern companies
LOIS on tie row, $4,000 only 5000 ineur-
ba 0f{ Inn 1nnff
LOSS on tho Murtindalo blool: and COLI
the Home. Of Now York, slo' 'oo9, and
$4,000 quo. the largest the city has osor expo
lieuccd. Thore aro varioun rltmois nj to tho Or
ign Of tho tire. Ono il that it was lucenda,y;
another that it caught from tho sparks Of tho
oausht from stove used in drying plaster.
There we'e probably &c. 900 people in tho vicinity.
No accideut IL reported at this wrillug.
ITO TIC Assoctattd lreSs.1
etructsve lire that las eyar occurred III ths city
Lloke out about O'Clock this evening IN tho
now four-s.o'y block Of buildings known as
MERCANTILE ROW,
IN Pennsylvania street, between Market and
Ohio. Ths Exchange Block, which couslstcd of
six stora-rooins utmost completed, was entirely
destroyed.
From tho Exchange Block tho fro extended
cc,oss tue street. to tho Sheets Block, OH the
tornor of OHIO ann Ponnsylvanta streets. This
was also now block Ut ten large stores, rooms
End lotol ni'ovo ready for occupation The
next building In the courso Of the ilro was
THE MAlsT1NDALE BLOCH
on tho corner of penhaYiyanln nnd Market
streets, OF nine stores nnd uumhor Of Offices.
which were entirely destroyed. From thence
the Tire continued to Chaffoo'e 1iyery-stabo on
Wabash street, aud eovota! smaller buildings in
thu lear Of Alnrtlnda!o'a Block destroyed At
lAtfDAnt the fire in ,tly t1t1t1Hr control.