The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-14

10 De left 10 tne sreeuy ndlnes.
WOMAN AND BABY RESCUED.
From the fifth floor of the house Mrs.
Loomis. one of the guests, and her newly
born babe had to be carried down the fire
escape to the street. A woman appeared
at window on the eighth floor, shrieking
and waving her hands to the horror-strick-
en- crowd below. She was brought down the
fire escape in safety. The heat and the
showers of sparks and embers had made
the situation an extremely trying one for
the men of the fire department, and one
man, George Cunningham, of engine COM
pany No. 10, had to be carried from his
post when the heat was the most intense
He afterwards returned TO his post John
Ganney, of Engine "a. had an epiieptic i NJ
TO the Homeopathic Hospital Two more
firemen, Edward Sheridan and John Kelly,
of Truck 10. have been prostrated by the
heat.
The furniture in the hotel which cost
from 500 600 10 S250,000. is entirely destroyed.
the total loss on the building ana rtS Its con- NJ
SS5OO00. The loss falls on the Brooklyn Ho-
tel Company. The list of losses apart from
the Tabernacle and Hotel Regent is about
No. 1856 Clinton avenue, occupied by Louis
Hersh. $500; 12s Greene avenue, DR.. w. n
Monmonier, $1,000; 130 Greene avenue, y
w. Reeve, $500; corner Greene avenue and
Waverly avenue. j. II. Peper, $500; al
Greene avenue. corner Waverly, Joseph NJ
Hart, $4,000: 14S Greene avenue, Mrs Cath
crime Crawford, boarding house, $1,000; i45
Greene avenue, unoccupied, 800; l4l Greene
avenue. Mrs. Margaret Crawford, 81 500; lt9
Greene avenue, DIR. j. Z. Atwood, $500;
4O4 Washington avenue, George H. Harvey,
SO 900; 402 Washington avenue, DR.. kretch-
mare. s15,O00 400 Washington avenue, un-
occupied, owned by George II. Harvey, S4,-
coo; 395 Washington avenue corner Of
Greene, Freeborn G.. Smith, $1,000; Summer
field Methodist Church, corner of Wash
$1,000; 81 Waverly avenue, G. w. Evans,
oWSed De iss bs Mr. MaysaK saspu aysH @
buildings were slightly damaged.
The loss on the Hotel Regent is placed at
sS5O.000 by the manager. but this will be
the guests. The loss on the church is not
far short of $500, ,000 Russell Sage. who has
a mortgage of s125. 900 on the church prop
which it stood. is fully insured.
Mr.. Sage said this evening: ut is prob
able that the people of Brooklyn will come
surance will cover the rest. If they want
to rebuild 1 will put no obstacle in their
way In other words, l will let the debt
and interest stand over for an indefinite
period, let them rebuild on the insurance
money and what they can raise in sub
scrptions and in other ways. have moth
ing but the deepest sympathy for the
church and it's people. and above all am
imbued with the deepest affection and ad-
miration for DIR. Talmage, who has been
my close personal friend for many years.
ON his account / will do all 1 can to help
them"
The trustees of the Tabernacle met to-
night and decided to rebuild the church,
but not on the same site. The insurance,
the receipts and the money realized from
the sale of the present site would enable
them to pay off all their debts. Then, ac-
cording to the plan, they would raise 500 900
and within a year would begin to build.
About $4,000, ii was thought, would be suf-
ficient to pay for a site, and a less expen-
sive building would be erected. 1t was de-
cided that DIR. Talmages tour around the
world should begin tomorrow, as arranged.
He will start in the evening for Philadel-
phia, and proceed from there to Atlanta,
Ga. After visiting some Southern cities he
will go TO San Francisco and sail from
there TO Honolulu. then afterwards TO New
and other foreign countries
the amount of insurance, but it is believed
that the loss Is far in excess of the in
surance. 1t was learned however, that
there was $3.50 900 on the Tabernacle in the
Liverpool and London and Globe, the Royal
the Phoenix of Hartford, and Phenix of
Brooklyn. The residences damaged were
fully covered.
During the excitement gang of thieves
entered the residence of Counselor
Hurst on the corner of Greene and Clin-
ton avenues. They drove the family out,
despite the resistance of Walter Hurst, the
son of the owner. The thieves took a bas-
ket full of silverware. about $500 worth of
jewelry and other articles valued at $1,000.