The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-18
Eighteen of the MangIed and Bruised
Blinded by Smoke from Tobacco.
WAREHOUSE WALLS FELL
AND CAUGHT THE LADDIEs WHILE
FIGHTING A STUBBORN FIRE.
The Flames Probably Started ny
Somebody CarelessIy Throwing a
Cigar stump Into Bale of Hay.

CINCINNATI. July 17.-By the falling Of
the walls of a burning building this after
noon two firemen were killed and sixteen
injured. Two other people were also hurt
A list of the casualties follows
CAPTAIN MICHAEL w. HEALY. fire
company No. %. killed
THOMAS w. WISBEY, pipeman. Com
pany 8, son Of late fire chief Lew Wisbey,
LIEUT.. F. b. NEWMAN. Company %.
dangerously injured.
CAPT PETER PURCELL. hooks No. 4.
MARTIN MNALLY. reel driver. Com
WALTER HANLoN. Company 10.
BART TANNING, hook No. /.
WILLIAM THOMPSON. hooks No. 1.
PIPEMAN BEN TfiEPER., Company 4.
JOHN MULLEN, driver of tool wagon.
TNH,s TOM AHTHqMY Company enpanyv 2s p
j. PATTON, Company s.
LIEUT.. SAMUEL BOYD, Company H.
THEODORE SIMPSON. bookkeeper. hip
LOUIS BUSCH. aeronaut. skull frac-
tured.
]. BRADFORD, substitute.
JOHN INNS. substitute.
or the injured six are in hospitals and
twelve are at their homes. All are doing
we'll except Newman. AT 2 p. m, to-day,
an alarm<was turned in from Box 13. A
big fire had started in the fve-story hay
and feed warehouse of J. H. Hernesch &
Co., at Water and Walnut streets. 1t
spread so as to threaten the entire square
bounded by Walnut, Water. Vine and
Front streets, and general alarm soon
called out the entire department. The
square tonight is almost all in ashes and
the flames at times come very near reach
ing buildings across the streets. Besides
the loss of property two firemen are dead
and eighteen people are injured.
1t is believed the fire originated from a
match or cigar stump thrown carelessly
near the hay. The warehouse vent up
like explosion. Then the fire spread to
Nelson Norris & Co.'S large stables but
their large warehouse stood fire proof. The
adjoining commission and tobacco ware
houses however, went like piles of kindlng.
causing such a oonfia grafton as to threaten
the north end Of the suspension bridge.
George o. Brown had eight thousand bags
of peanuts in his commission house. They
burned like oil and soon wiped out the
building and stock, taking with it the large
six-story tobacco warehouse Of l.. Seaman
& Co.. which was full of leaf tobacco. All
the streams of water had no effect on the
fire in these warehouses and the firemen
exerted themselves to save other buildings.
Inc dense smoke from the pruning plies
of tobacco prevented the firemen from see
ing their danger. When the walls of these
warehouses fell the fire spread I'm all d.
rections. damaging Heymeyer Sons & Co.,
Western Dressed Cork Company, Henry
Hele. & Sons. Those burned entirely out
were l.. Seamans & Co., leaf tobacco, loss,
sS5, 900; insurance, $4,000. George o. Brown,
commission, loss on stock, $4,000. on build
ing, $1,000: insurance, $21 900. H. l.. Man.
ming & Co. commission, eight thousand
bags peanuts, $500, in Browns building.
~. II. Hermesch & Co., feed and hay; j.
A. j. Smiths stables. Nelson Morris &
| Co.'S stables, Kleine & Quirk, commission
| Simmons & Norris. commission; Langley,
| Garlick & Co., river supplies; j. ID. Pea
| cock, naval SUPPLIES
| At half past o'clock the Front street
| wall fell, killing two and wounding six
| teen firemen as already stated. Simpson,
| the bookkeeper. and Busch. the aeronaut,
were injured earlier. Simpson jumped from
| a second-story window.
Other Fires.