The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-22

Five-Story Building in the Retail Shop
ping District Destroyed by Fire.
Loss of S5OO,OOO Divided Between Rheims,
Worms. BrentanOs. Bentley & Co.. Green
& Co. and Schneider & Campbell.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-Sh0rtly before noon,
at a time when upper Broadway was
crowded with shoppers, and with business
men going to luncheon. fire broke out in
the basement of the huge five-st0ry front
building running from No. to No. 9 Union
square. Before the firemen arrived, in fact
before the alarm had been turned in,
the fire had extended all through the
cellars. and smoke was pouring out of
every window. The building is situated in
the heart of the fashionable shopping
district of the city; upon the left it is
fanked by Tiffany's jewelry house and on
the right by the handsome Lincoln Offices
The lower floor of No. s. Union square. is
occupied by Brentanos, importer of books
and fancy goods. The fire seems to have
started in the basement of Schneider &
Campbelps gas-fxture establishment.
The building that was burned extended
around the Tiffany store into Fifteenth
bered then 20 East Fifteenth street. The
brace of it, secure behind q re-proof
wall of extra thickness. The fire,
when it burst forth, beat against
the equally. strong and 6re-proof
wall VI TIC l<luCOlu OluCo Oull0luB. linus
hedged in it could 60 no further. The oc-
cupants of the building were: Schneider
a. Campbell, gas fixtures: y. X. Worm,
jewelry. bronzes. ETC., who had the ground
floor and the basement Jeweler Worm
had one window in which he exhibited his
stock. and desk-room in the back. On the
next floor was Leon Rheims, importer of
French millinery and manufacturer of mill
linery goods He also occupied 2 part of
the third floor. On the fourth floor
IL daol lar
tive needlework. On the third floor was
the stock of Samuel Green, decorative
fancles The fifth floor was unoccupied.
The building, No. Is East Fifteenth street.
was damaged more or less. DAVIS Reed d
steads, and A. J. Mcintosh, feathers. oc-
cupy 1t. Their loss is $4,000: the
loss on the building is about S65.0O0.
1t was once the Speigler. we'll known to
New Workers. and is said to be owned by
the Shipley estate. Bre1ta1o's, so far as
could u observed from the street. was as
effectually wrecked as If not shred was
left of the establishments.
At Tlffany's the most valuable stock had
every floor when the fire broke out and the
shutters pulled down in the lower story.
1t was precaution that saved the windows
on the street and all they contained from
destruction. The most valuable stock In the
carried between $4,000 and S25O,OOO
worth of millinery goods HIS loss. it was
said, would be at least 500, 900. Schn elder
d Campbell, who occupied the basement
and first floor of the building, carried a
suffered greatly. They carry an insurance
of about 100000, so that their loss
will not bs over 100000. Worm, the jew-
eler. had q stock valued at about 1000.
This will be almost complete loss. Bren-
tano loses almost as much by water as by
fire. about 100000 Green had but a small
stock on hand, and IL was valued at about
s$o. Bsntley's stock was valued at
The police think that $500, 900 will cover
cluslon after careful figuring.
Two Firemen Badly Injured.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind. Jan. 21.-A fire at II
o'clock tonight destroyed the Hazelwood
school-house. with loss of $4,000 Two
firemen were badly injured. Charles AL
Charles Bacon, a pipeman. who fell from
the top of the roof to the ground. Is fatally
injured.
Other Fires.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 21.-The town of Ohio
City, fifteen miles from Celina, o., was fire.
swept to day, almost every thing being de-
stroyed. Loss. $50. 1000.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Jan. H.-By the
burning of w. 6. Hulps barns here to night
Acmon, Eagle Bird and Gray PAGER, valued
at 1000, were burned up.
NEW YORK, Jan. Thirty-nlne horses
were destroyed by fire which broke out in
the basement of George Darbys livery and
boarding stable. No. s25 Broadway, at s
o'clock tonight. Loss. $4,000.
kNEw ORLEANS, Jan. 2l.-Fire last night
destroyed the round house. machine shops
and contents nf the New Orleans IL South
ern railroad, formerly Shell-beech. twelve
miles below this city. Loss estimated at
$4,000: partly insured.
COLUMBIA. Mo-, Jan. 21.-The Columbia
Milling Company's mill. the Adams Wagon
Company. McAllister Lumber Company.
COpger Brothers laundry, Gintar's livery
stable and several small stores have been
destroyed by fire. Loss. S9O,00O insurance,
S65, 900.
FRANKLIN. KY. Jan. 21.-Cedar Bluff Col
lege for women was burned this morning.
The sixty inmates were not hurt They are
mostly pupils from Tennessee and Ken
tucky. The school was an old one, with
large buildings and under the direction of
the Methodist Church.