The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-09-21
FOOD FOR FLAMES.


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept 9.-At Q
o'clock Wednesday morning a fire
broke out on the third floor in the five1
story stone and brick building on the
south side OF Washington street. be-
tween Meridian and Pennsylsania
streets. II was az once realised that
the fire would be disastrous one and
the entire fire department was sum
moned.
Notwithstanding hard lighting the
FIRE soon spread 10 the four-story stone
building OF the Indiana national bank,
Immediately east. of which Voiney Il.
Mallott Is president This building
was soon nc the mercy OF the flames
Soon the entire northwest corner OF
the square was attacked.
The Condt block. occupied by tho
Western Union. and fronting on South
Meridian street. with Pearl street
running along the south side. soon
caught This latter building Is OF
brick and Is five stories high. The up
per floor used as the battery-room,
and the next hoor below. used as the
operating-room. were soon flooded with
water aud all wires were burned of.
cutting off all communication with
other points.
The furniture and china store OF
Eastman, Schleicher a Lee was one OF
The largest In the country and an inn
mense stock was carried. The entire
building and stock were totally de-
stroyed and only the walls remained
standing.
AT o'clock the FIRE on Washington
street was under control, but the
Western Union building was still blaz-
ing up.
The great vault In the Indiana ma
tional bank. which Is situated In the
rear OF the building and fronting on
Pearl street, contains nearly s., 900, 600
in cash. The flames licked clean every
thing around II. but the money Is be-
lieved 10 be safe.
Across the alley from the burned
quarter, on Washington street, stands
the six-story PettIs dry-goods build
ing, built OF stone and brick.
The smoke penetrated this building
and the window siils caught fire. Tho
WATERWAYS turned on and the upper floor
soon Hooded. The water soaked clear
through 20 the basement and the loss
will be tremendous
The Gre in the Western Union build
ing was placed under control shout
$3.50 n. m. The instruments In the
operating-room were destroyed and
the battery door, just above. was
burned away. The entire building
was water-soalked and the many offices
were damaged in various sums. The
two buildings that are totally
wrecked are the Eastman Schleicher
Lee block and the Indiana National
bank building, owned by Volney 4.
Mallott The first-named building
stood a shell after the fire had been
extinguished, and that and tho bank
will be pulled down.
The total loss aggregates about $780,
600, ms follows:
Eastman. SchleIcher a Lee. stock, si7s.ooo
A. r. Pettis. building El5O0D. indiana nations
nj bank $50 600 v. a Mnlott building $4,000,
Western Union. $4,000: W. IL Coleman. build
Ing $1,000; A. G Harris law library $1,000;
aud about twenty losses OF from 81 900 TO a.
OOo
The total insurance Is estimated Mt
S145. o0p.
OsnKosH. Wis, Sept. io.--Fire started
ia carpenter shop connected with the
Morgan company's sash and door
factory Wednesday afternoon and
soon completely destroyed IL, to-
gcthcr with the carriage factory
OF Gals Steich. four or five brick
stores and residences and piles OF
lumber owned by the Conley Lumber
company. With the aid of departments
from Fond du Lie. Neenah. Mcnasha
and Appleton the fire was under con-
troll at o'clock p. m. Had not the
wind died out at that hour the entire
business and manufacturing section
of South Oshkosh would have been
destroyed. Conservative estimates OF
losses are: Morgan company, 500, 0OO;
Conlce Lumber company, $4,000;
Steich wagon works, 10000 All
were well insured, the Conlee's loss
fully. Other losses were five
dwellings and 1900 feet Of
hose. Two men were injured.
and j.. thinner. foreman at Morgan's.
went back into the factory after his
tools and lost his life. The Morgan
factory was one OF the best in Oshkosh,
and its destruction throws out OF en-