The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-14
FIRE In A BLIZZARD
ONE HUNDRED FIREMEN DISABLED
DURING A SUNDAY BLAZE.
Heavy Losses to Business Firms at
Bradford, Pa, and at BarnesviIle,
N Children Injured.

BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 13.-At Gas o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the Sheehan
House, No. 80 Mechanic street. The cause
of the fire is said to have been an over
heated stove. One hundred firemen were
frost-bitten; J. p. McQuiston, hands badly
burned and afterwards frozen: Robert
Sisco and Robert Helm, of Citizens hose
company, are so badly frozen that their
condition is critical. Ice fully an inch thick
froze on the firemen's clothing, placing
them in an armor that impeded their work.
Owing to the f~erceness of the gale it was
an exceedingly hard fire to fight, and for a
time it seemed that the business part of the
town would be wiped out. The extent of the
confagration takes in two buildings on
Mechanic street, the Columbia Block, the
Nusbaum Block, NJ. Rothstein,~ pawnbrokcr
store. and Smith Brothers grocery. A num-
Der of firemen are suffering of frozen hands
and feet. Mrs. Peterson, two daughters
and q sou. who lived over Foley's barber
:hop. ! all a marrow escape. Mary Callahan,
a guest of the Sheehan House, fell down the
stairs and broke her arm and leg. TIL
fire ragged for four hours. Several of the
fremen We're taken to places of shelter
With frost-bitten ears and fingers, and
Unable to walk. Following is a list of the
losses: Mrs. Mary A. Peterson, $4,000, no in
%surance; Anderson & Foley, barber shop,
%lNU, Iohy <AiiiiiACi, %-Vo, ouCCiidh ilOuoS,
1900, insurance, $500; John Leonard, 81, 000,
insurance, $1,000; Sloan & Bradley, $3.50;
D. F. Rosenberg, Columbia Block, $4,000,
insurance, 81, 500; occupants: John Fitzgib-
bons, $500; s. Fels. $500; G. Cardelle, 1880.
insurance, 1890; Knight & Myan. $500, COW
cred by insurance.; Lewis Laular, $500; J.
Bruce, $1,000; G. Il. Cummings, 500; A. d.
H N1a6a ;,m s4oo; tw GondTetoh blocks Hooe s1o 400 sSJ sGs; +.
ance, $500; Nusbaum & Steinberger, gro
GERS. carried a $20,000 stock, nearly a total
A. Willough, $500; Dr.. C. w. Rae, $500; f. G..
Andrews, $500; Rothstein & Lippman Broth
ers, on building and stock of jewelry, n 5000,
insurance, $4,000; Dean Place, $500; j. F..
McQuiston, 81 LOCO; Smith Brothers, grocers,
building and stock, $4,000, insurance, 81, 200;
Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Maestro, $500; George
A. Bodine, $1,000, insured; total loss, $92, $50.
Business Houses Burned.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 13.-At an
early hour yesterday morning the town of
GAINESVILLE, o., thirty miles west of this
place. experienced the most disastrous con-
fagration in the history of the place, the
loss being estimated at from $4,000 to $780,
600. The fire is opposed to nave started
from a natural-gas fire in the novelty store
Of NJ. T. Ward, and quickly spread to the
Enterprise printing office and other adjoin-
ing business houses. The fire was only
stopped when it reached the fire-proof
Bradfield Block. Losses and insurance.: j.
w. Judkins, $4,000, building and stock in
sured for Sl1,000; f. p. Lee, Enterprise
printing office, $40. 900, insurance 1900; r..
NJ. Cunning, building and stock $1,000, in
surance $1,000; M. T. Ward. stock $1,000, in
surance $500; Baker & Walton, loss $1,000;
r. Nj. Patterson SO, 200. insurance 81 ,500; Nc
Keever & Stevens $1,000, fully insured; Mrs.
IS, 900, insurance 1880; Lane & Son S., 1000,
insurance 81, 500; Kinney & Taylor, 5000;
John Hill 5000, insurance $1,000; Mr.. Meyers
ST, 600, no insurance. Other properties DAM
aged by the fire are McKeever's hardware
store, McCall's livery barn, the K. of p.
lodge room. the Albert House, r. Gamen-
thaler's residence and jewelry store. Bein-
heimer's clothing store. the Peoples Ma
tional Bank, the Bradfield Block and a few
othnrS the latter only SliphtlY