The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-30
made dash at her, and, gathering her up,


Near the corner of Milwaukee and Buffa-
10 streets stood = little frame cottage, upon
the porcn of which q man was standing as
the reporter came by. Il have just y aid
for 1T and furnished It." he said, land she's
done for now."
Cant You save nythingf"
w hat good will 1t do for me to tryf Dc
you think could ever carry il safe out OF
thati' pointing TO the rush Of flames Il
burn it can burn.D And he strode stoically
away.
This is all i have saved,' said o young
fellow TO the reporter, as he pulled from
night had o house and IL was full of
furniture too. This is all can show for ia
now. l heard somebody in the street call
out that the fire had got beyond Budd ~
see. Before l could turn around the fire
was on me. / made one wild rush back
into the house to see what could get and
this was all had time TO snatch up. Even
then had to Jump out of the window and
speed with which fires can travel. but i
never thought that one could do any thing
like this. 1t was awful When looked az
IL firstl was three squares away aud be-
over my head. Fortunately my wife was
not at home. She never would have got
away If she had been"
IN THE RAILROAD YARDS.
At the extreme south end of the fire.
swept district was enacted what perhaps.
were the most thrilling scenes of the entire
night 1t was here that the freight houses,
round houses and freight cars of the Chi.
cago * Northwestern railroad were situ-
ated. When 1t became evident that nc
human power could prevent the flames
from sweeping the city clear TO the lake,
the railroad men made desperate efforts to
save what they could of the company's
property. switch engine was run across
the bridge and coupled TO train. Before
move could be made the lire had swept
directly across the tracks, and. fastening
upon the cars nearest the bridge began its
relentless march onward. The train mon,
however. were In no wise daanted.
The engine gave jerk. the brake
men threw themselves fiat upon tie
tops of the cars TO avoid inhalIng the
flames and the running of the fiery gauntlet
WAS made. An engine and most of the cars
passed through safely, bat some of
them caught fire. The engineer endeav-
ored TO drag his blazing train off on the
south Side. but the police were upon him
and compelled him to push back the burn
ing train into the flames from which he had
drawn it. There was nothing else TO
do, for to leave the cars south of the river
meant danger and possible destruction to q
portion of the city hitherto untouched.
Once more the gallant men went back INTO
the fierce furnace and dragged out train
of cars. Once more IL caught fire. They
pushed them back to be consumed. Again
and again they made the attempt now and
then saving few cars, but oftener losing
thing to do, but the brave fellows stuck to
their work as long as there was chance OF
saving a single car.
The railway company had an immense
gang of men at work in their yards this
morning to clear away the wreckage. The
view to the east of the frelg ut house. WI here
something like four hundred cars were cons
sumed. resembles nothing SO much as gi-
Rantio brush-heap. Trucks of cars are
standing upon the tracks. lying across them
and beneath them. How the heavy iron
things eyer got into such position cannot be
imagined, unless one accepts the explana-
tion of brakeman, who swesrs that he
saw the flames 'llft them MP and fling them
around" However that may be, they are
certainly piled MP in endless confusion now.
In many places the steel rails, which
were spiked to the ties, were
replaced, and here and there. east of the
warehouse, are spots where the ties have
been almost burned out from under the
rails. 1t seems as though the flames were
determined to burn every thing In sight.
earth TO get it. The railway officials are
not even able, at this time. to approximate
their loss. One locomotive and about four
hundred cars Is What they lost on the
many were loaded. The only CARO- that
showed mp after the fire had done its work
was one of Hubbard squashes. Thes came
through without being totally DESTROYED,
but they were exceedingly well baked. In
addition to the cars, the freight-house and
all its contents were reduced to q net re-
suit of four bare brick walls. 1t will be
several days before the Northwestern can
do more than guess at the extent OF the
damage il has suffered.
The militia did good service in protecting
property, besides performing police duty.
All night long two hundred soldiers pa
trolled the streets. Their work was princi-
pally that of guarding property IN the
Third ward. but an opportunity was offered
for proving their value In emergency.
Private Winters, of the Rusk Guards. and
his two brothers. performed an heroic act.
From little frame building on Buffalo
street the soldiers thought they had heard
sounds of distress issuing The flames
cracked with a hideous sound about the
little home. and when the daring soldiers
entered 1t the walls were almost ready to
fall. In few moments the brave young
men came forth from the burning heap.
bearing between them n woman and two
babes. They had slept unaware OF the fire
about them and would certainly have per-
ished but for the timely rescue.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
There have been four deaths as a result
of the fire. and four persons are suffering
from serious injuries. The dead are:
Henry PedGenbroch and Charles Stahl.
firemen: Mrs. Callahan, died from effects OF
the shock after being taken TO the Third.
ward school: Mrs. Annie Mcdonald, Henry
PeddeL Droch aud Charles Stahl. the fire.
men who were killed. met death in the alley
in the rear of East W ater strs ct. where the
walls of o machine shop fell. Both men
were ct work in the rear of the building,
and when the crash came they were buried
under tho falling walls Several men were
injured. also one member of the life-sav;ne
The injured are: Richard Gardner ma.
chinist seriously injured about head and
neck; j. Ii. Roesch, patteTD-msker. broker
leg and injured about the head: Wllliail
Witte, finIsher, injured ahoat head and
broken leg; Henry Bergenthral. distiller.
injured about head. OF the injured. Gard
nor and Witte were struck by flying bricks
The others were hurt in endeavoring TO
save property. That the loss OF life wae
SO small Is q matter of congratulations 70
the police department. Every body in
Milwaukee was n the tire last night and
the crowds were something awful Co ham
die. The officers had moreover oil they
cared To do in looking after the people
along Buffalo and Milwaukee streets who
were endeavorIng to save themselves from
the flames. Two or three neople fell into
the river. but were tished out. having
suffered nothing worse than ducking
The total loss OF the Insurance com.
panies will be between S3,O0OOOO and
81, ,000. 600. as estimated at noon to-day
by conservative insurance men. This
loss will be divided among 115 COM