San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-18
ANOTHER BIG BLAZE.
Two Millions in Cash in q Vault
Surrounded By Fire.

Surrounded By Fire.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 49,
At six o'clock this morning. fire
broke out on the third floor of a
five-story stone and brick building
on south side of Washington street,
occupied by Eastman, Schleicher d
company, and the entire fire de-
partment was summoned. The
flames soon spread to the four-story
stone building of the Indiana
National bank Immediately east.
The building was soon at the mercy
of the flames, which continued to
spread and soon the entire north
west corner of the square was
within the fire limit. The
Western Union building in the
rear and fronting on South
Meridian street soon caught.
This latter building is of brick
and is five stories high. The
upper floor, used as battery room,
and next floor below used as operat-
ing room, there soon flooded with
water and all the wires burned off,
cutting off all communication with
other points. The furniture and
china store of Eastman, Schleicher&
Lee, was one of the largest in the
country, with an immense stock.
The entire building and stock were
burned and only walls remain
standing. The Indiana Bank
building is completely wrecked.
The banking room had recently
been remodeled at cost of about
100000. Next to the bank build
ing is four-story brick occupied
by the Pacific and United States
Express companies, with Office
rooms above. Next comes three
story brick building occupied by
Geo. Manifold, clothing merchant,
and Geo. Wingerter, tobacco deal
er. These buildings and stocks
are badly damaged. To west and
on the corner of Meridian street,
was Blackford block, four stories
high. II was occupied by the
American express, Boston cloth
ing company, and the Big Four
ticket office and the Spen-
cerian Business College. Damage
sustained in this block will come
largely from smoke and water.
At 9 o'clock the fire on Washing
ton street is under control, but the
Western Union building is still
blazing up. The three-story brick
on Meridian street, north of the
Western Union building, occu-
pied by the Mayer Stencil compa-
ny and a saloon, is flooded with
water. The great vault in the In
diana National bank, which is
situated in the rear of the building
and fronting on Pear street, con-
tains nearly 100000 in cash.
The flames licked clean everything
around it, but the money is be-
lieved to be safe. Across the alley
from the burned quarter on Wash
ington street stands the siX-stOry
Pettis dry goods building, built of
stone and brick. Smoke penetrated
this building and the window stills
caught fire. Water was turned on
and the upper floor soon flooded.
The water soaked clear through to
the basement and the loss will be
tremendous. The loss and insur-
ance cannot be obtained accurately
at this time, but Eastman,
Schleicher q Co.'s loss alone will
be at least $4,000.
The fire in the Western Union
building was placed under control
about $3.50 a. m. instruments in
the operating room were destroyed
and the battery floor just above
was burned away. The entire
building was watersOaked and
many offices damaged. The two
buildings totally wrecked, are the
Eastman, Schleicher & Lee block,
and the Indiana National Bank
building. The Postal telegraph
building was damaged slightly
hut the comnanV lost no wires,