The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-29

mon found themselves working IN tno midet
OF tho furnace. Immense stone and iron
buildings crumbled in tho intense heat a.
they were of paper. Walls were falling on
all sides and in spite of their efforts the
firemen saw that they could do nothing.
So. giving mp the fight on the
burning buildings, they went TO the
surrounding district where the river Of.
forded a natural barrier TO the sweep Of
the flames and fought 1t from ali sides.
Even then their efforts were not entirely
successful, and the fire continued TO burn
steadily to the south.
+. P. Bacon. president of the Chamber Of
Commerce. tonight called q meeting Of
citizens to be held at 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning in the Board of Trede building to
arrange plans for raising money and
aiding the poor. Probably the most
efficient relief of any granted to-nighr
was by Father Kehoe, OF st. Johns Cathe-
draI. Only q few blocks from the burned dis-
trict. Father KehOe. as soon 90 he saw the
extent of the fire. threw open the doors of
the church editice and turned it into big
camp for the homeless Sending priests out
through the streets he gathered in the wan
ueTolb uutil the llmltS OF the dig OullOtu8 q
were reached. Then he opened che paro-
chial schools adjoining and enabled hum
dreds to fine shelter who would otherwise
spend the night on the streets.
SOME OF THE CASUALTIES.
Early in the evening q fireman of No. 3
company was suffocated, and taken to th Q
emergency hospital in an ambulance.
When the ambulance reached the hospital
he was found to be dead, and was
taken I'd the morRue. Among the injured
at the emergency hospital are Richard
Gardner, who boards at the corner of Auer
and Humbolt avenues He is twenty years
of aye and will recover. William
White. twenty-four years of sge.
en- employe of the Weisel and
Filter Company, was standing in the alloy
at the rear of that establishment when the
boiler exploded. His leg was broken and he
received several wounds on the head which
are dangerous. but not fatal He resides at
No. 379 Greenfield avenue. He was taken
to the emergency hospital. where his
brother, Fred White. was looking for his
third brother. Henry White. who also
worked for Weisel 81 Filter. He said
that many accidents were eaused by
men trying to save their tools. H.
Rooschel, pattern-maker, residing at
| 9S4 Garfield avenue, had his left leg
broken. He was taken TO the emergency
| hospital He is sixty.nine years old. Hen
| ry Bergenthal, foreman of the Bergenthal
| Distiilery Company was badly burned and
taken to the emergency hospital He re.
| sides on Twenty-ninth street.
| At o'clock the fire was pretty well un.
| der control. or, rather. it had burned to Its
| limits 1t Is the most disastrous
| fire the city has ever expert
enced. But there Is q feeling OF
thankfulness that tho fire did not
| originate in some other portion of the city
| All the residence portion of the Third ward
| was to have been dismantled within
o year or two as the property
| was in active demand by the railroad
and manufacturing companies and the fire
| tonight hastens the removal of hundreds
| who expected to move in year or two
When it was seen that the fire was
beyond the control of the home
| department. Mayor Sommers and Chiei
| Foley telegraphed to Racine, KenOsha and
| Chicago for help. Chicago sent three en-
| gines well manned and Racine sent four.
| UNDER CONTROL AT 3 A. VI.
| At o'clock this Saturday morning
thousands of people are on the streets. The
fire is now well under control. AT the morgus
three bodies, two brave fremen and ar
| elderly lady are stretched cold and
| charred in death. at the emergency
hospital four other victims OF the
fire are prostrated, two of whom arr
| not expected to survive the morning
That more lives were not lost seems provi
Dental. Almost at the beginning of the
conhaRration the second floor of building
| fell with @ terrific crash. fireman wal
missing. and three policemen entered
the sea of fire to look for th,
doomed man. With q barrel of oil lyin(
across his body. the fireman lay face down
ward. A bursting cask of the flaming
liquid covered his clothing. He wa
dragged from the very edge o
that ocean of fire. only {,
die on the way to the hospital
In q small frame house on Buffalo street a,
aged woman lay dying. She heard tn
cracking flames eating their way toward
her bed. She was powerless to move. Sh
resigned herself to her fate, wien bsfor
her appeared officer Marquardt. HIS hair 70
sinped and his face was blackened by tn
smoke. He lifted the dying woman frou
her bed and carried her to q grocery wagol
that stood near and seizing the thills raI
toward the emergency hospital He Gale,
for assistance in drawing his burden, bu
before the hospital was reached the womaI
had died from the shock. Mrs. Callahan.
woman about forty years DID, sought refuR
in the Third ward schOol-room and die,
from heart disease. She was taken to 81
undertaking establishment.