The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15


work of an incendiary, but it was perhaps ig-
nited from matches left in the basement
There were in the institution seventy-six chill
dren. mostly boys. After the fire they were
slowed away in the wash-house.
The main building was erected about fifteen
years ago, and one year since there was an
addition built to il. The total cost of
the building has been about $4,000 The dam
was placed at SO, 900 or $4,000. AS to the nsur-
ance, nothing definite could be learned but it is
not over 1900, and probably only $4,000, in the
German Mutual
The firemen did splendid work after their ar
rival. and had the alarm been given correctly,
or had there been a telephone in that portion of
the city, the building W ould have been saved.
Meager Reports Indicating q Destructive Fire
at Eastport, Me.
EAsTPoRT, Me-, Oct IA destructive con-
fagration broke out this afternoon in Capen's
sardine factory, and is now spreading through
the business portion the town. Four sardine
factories, Smiths saloon, Paines large store,
Warren Browns house, r. B. Clark's
house and other dwellings have already been de-
stroyed. The wind is blowing from the south
east, and there are no hopes of preventing the
fire from sweeping the whole of Water street.
The greatest excitement prevails. The mer-
chants are all moving their goods out Of their
stores There is no fire apparatus in the town
except two hand engines Two years ago this
month the town was destroyed by fire. The tel
eeraph poles are burning. The telegraph Office
has been abandoned on account Of the near ap-
proach of the fire, and all telegraphic communi-
cation is stopped for the present
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct 14.-A special from
Calais says that the telegraph and telephone
Offices at Eastport have been suspended. The
reflection of the fire on the sky can be seen at
distance of thirty miles, indicating that the fire
is raging with increased fury and it
is feared that the main part of
Eastport will be destroyed. When the fire
started, the tide was low and ebbing, and the
reservoirs became exhausted. The latest intelli
cence from Eastport is that the Passamaquoddy
Hotel, Burton's livery stable and the telegraph
Office have been burned. A telegraph official
has left Calais to re-establish communication,
and until that is done nothing can be learned.
The fire started in the southern part of the
town, and in the territory which the dispatches
indicate has been burned over were the follow
ing buildings: George W. Capen's sardue fac
tory, the government coal wharf. owned by Pea
lng's sardine factory. j. d. Young's sardine
factory; international steamship wharf and
buildings; Smiths wharf; Stephen Thorpe's
boarding house; Bucks warehouse; Henry
Wheelplays dwelling; Payne Bros 8 store ware
house, fsh-house. grain store. coal-houses and
wharf; r. B. Clarkes residence; Forbush House;
Andrew Bradford's residence; Warren Browns
residence, the Passamoquoddy House, Eastport
Savings Bank, E. s. Buxton's large livery sta
bles, B. L. Milikens wharf and warehouse, C. r.
Woodss grocery store, Hinckley g. Co.'s
stove and hardware store, Joseph Ander-
sons carpenter and lumber establishment,
the block owned by the Gillis es.
tate and Patrick Gills, of Ludic, Western
Union telegraph office. and number of smaller
buildings. The loss in this district is estimated
at 1885, 1t Is likely that the whole of Water
street has been swept away, and if this proves to
be the case large number of buildings aud
business establishments are undoubtedly de-
stroyed