The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31

trio light company were destroyed and a
section of the city was in darkness. save
for the light Of the fire. OF the one hun
dred or more guests at the hotel. not one
Is known to have saved more than the
clothes on their backs. The fire burned
The legislators and others soon found
quarters at other hotels, and Mr.. Fish
opened up his campaign headquarters in
the Kenmore, but everything has been lost
sight Of In the fire.
The Delrvan House is fifty years old
and is one of the most famous hotels in
the country. 1t is part of the estate OF
Edward c. Delavan. Hurry & Moore. the
proprietors, paid $4,000 a year rental and
lately had made vast improvements in ex-
pectation Of big winter season. The total
surance Of 100000. AT 1880 o'clock the east
walls fell in and some of the firemen
narrowly escaped being buried. At IL 80 the
Broadway wall fell out and one fireman
was buried in the debris. He was taken
out and is not thought to be dangerously
hu-t.
One of the incidents of the fire was the
escape of Miss Martin, OF New York She
was in the fourth-story window on the
Stuben-street side when a ladder was raised.
messenger boy rushed up and broke the
window, thus freeing her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Bradley
Martin, jr., and Mrs. F. T. Martin were
guests at the hotel. having come here to
bury their son, Sherman. They were on the
second floor in apartments, a good way
from where the fire started and escaped.
Mr.. Martin, when he reached the sidewalk.
offered anybody 500 who would get his
wife's jewels Nobody accepted and they
were destroyed. There was a satchel filed
with jewels, valued at 5000. One solitaire
alone was worth $1,000 There are rumors at
this late hour that there are bodies in the
ruins and that quite number of people did
not escape.
all the guests escaped. but does not feel SO
sure about the help. of which there was a
great number. There is no way tonight of
finding out positively whether these rumors
are true or not. and 1t will take day or
so to determine Mr.. Malby said after the
fire:
iS la A,r rl.
tained such headway. The halls were a mass
OF fire before We had received word of
warning. l lost most of my toilet articles
and my clothes"
On the ground floor Of the Broadway side
of the Delavan Block two firms had stores.
One was that of Heiser, Muhlfelder & Co.,
dealers in knit goods. and the other that of
Polly & Co., dealers in clothes. Both had
their stocks ruined. The loss 20 each viii
be about $4,000. nearly covered by insur-
ance.
Mrs Heilman will lose her reason. She
has been put under opates and every en-
deavor made to save her. Mrs. lehman
had just been married and the couple we're
on their bridal tour. The husband will die
before morning.
City Hall at Biddeford Destroyed.
BIDDEFORD, Me-, Dec 3o-The City
Building, one Of the finest structures in the
city, was destroyed by fire about 2:SO
o'clock this morning, entailing a total loss
OF more than 100000. James Elliott a
fireman, was nearly frozen to death and one
of the prisoners in the police station,
which was in the building, was uncon-
scious when discovered A lighted cigar
stump carelessly thrown into a water closet
started a blaze, which spread rapidly, and
Tor several hours pailied the combined force
of the Biddeford and Saco departments.
Portland sent apparatus in response TO an
appeal for aid, but it was not needed. The
building was erected by the city in 1885,
on it will be $4,000; insured for S25,0 600. Oc-
| cupants on the first floor were as.follows:
Georgge e ooW w. Donneli, eiothieri $1,000. insured
| $4,000, insured for 5000; Mrs. w.
T. conlan, an. millinery n $500. vi insured insure,
Druggist dGr 5000 Insured nr for $500 The posa
| Office, the police station, municipal court,
| opera house and many city offices in the
| building were burned and many valuable
| city records were destroyed.
| Handsome Southern Church Burned
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 3Q-The
| First Baptist Church of this city caught
| fire at 1 o'clock to-day, and before the
| flames could be subdued the interior of the
building was destroyed. The loss is over
| $4,000 and is fully covered by insurance
| 1t was one of the handsomest church edi-
| fees in the South. The fire originated from
| hot-air stove connected with the furnace
Three Children Cremated.
| ROME. Ga, Dec. 30.-Three children OF
| Mrs Viola Kemp were burned to death
| last night. Their mother left them in
| charge of Ida Williams, cousin, who
| built big fire. locked the children in and
came to town. When the mother returned
| she found only the ashes of her home and
the charred remains of her children.
Big Cigar Factory Destroyed.
| TAMPA. Fla, Dec. 30-The cigar factory
\ of Lossano Pendos & Co. was destroyed by
| fire this morning. Several residences and
| nearby buildings We're also burned. The
| total loss is Si0,eCo. The destruction of the
| factory throws 80 hands out of work.