The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-03
THE FIRE RECORD.
Elletsville Suffers Serious Losses by Fir'
Started by Incendiaries.

ESlletSgIle SufferS serious LOSses UJ - 4 Arc
Started by Incendiaries.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLooauNGToN, Ind, Aug. 1.-The town of FL
: lettsville, eight miles north of Bloomington. on
the Louisville New Albany s. Chicago railroad
was visited by disastrous. confagration early
this morning, the result of some unknown in
eendiarism. A few minutes after 4 o'clock
fNaes were noticed issuing from the wagon
factory of Shook & Faulkner, and by the time
the alarm could be given the building was blaz-
ing aercely. Like all such places. there was not
a vestige of fire department, and In less than
an hour two-thirds of the business portion of the
town was ia ruins. The flames were so threat
ening that the citizens sent to Bloomington for
aid. A special train was at once loaded with the
fire department, ard, at the rate. of mile a
minute, the train rushed toward Ellettsville but
by the time il was reached the fire was under
control. The disaster is the more serious be-
cause the sufferers lost all they had. The fol-
lowing shows the losses and insurance:
J. j. Harris, sr.. $500; Dr. Rice Harris, 81, 900;
u. w. Parks $50; John e. Harris, $50; Jack
May, $50; Odd-fellows, $500, with 5000 insur-
Ruce; Thomas Harris, $780, with $500 insurance:
Perry Bros, 81, 900, with 5000 insurance; Harry
Copenhauer $700, with $500 insurance: J. w.
yamison, $780, with $500 insurance; Shook q
Faulkner So 600, with 81, 500 insurance; J. w.
Jackson SO, 900, with $500 insurance; total,
$I4, 040, with $500 insurance.
There can hardly be doubt but the fire was
inseodiary, and started in Shook & Faulkners
shop, where there had been no fire Of any kind
for several days.
bat this is the first hre in the business part of
,Ellettsville of any Importance, and it will re-
suit disastrously to the town. Few, if any,
viii erect new business houses. Several acci-
dents occurred during the fire, caused by the
hurry and excitement Ed Faulkner received a
bad cut on the wrist of his right hand; Thomas
e. Harris, jr., while working to stop the flames,
was so overcome by the heat that his friends
were compelled to carry him home; John Rari-
den was in the second story of a house, and got
90 tangled up in a quantity of bedding that
he fell through window to the ground, cutting
an ugly cash in his foot. None of these are Sc
riously hurt.
Shook Il Faulkner sustain the heaviest loss
The FIRE cost them no less than $5, coo. They
manufactured wagons and did general black
snithine, occupying two buildings. one opposite
{, the other. A fine engine and fifty wagons ready
to put together are part of the loss. j. w.
jackson venerable citizen and well known
throughout the county, is also heavy loser.
Only two years ago the Eilettsville Touring mill,
owned by him, was destroyed by fire, with. .l0, 600
bushels of wheat and 5000 pounds of -four. The
fire swept away everything remaining, leaving
only the $500 insurance. The Odd-fellows owned
Rnicely- y-fttedup hall in the second story of Mr..
Harris's building. Their insurance is 5000 Harry
Copenhauen lost his residence but is fortunate
enough to have $500 insurance. John May lost
his shop. He had only finished paying for it a
weeks before.