The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-23
1t Was First Discovered i'm Barn in
the Rear of Charles kinonder's
saloon.
HIGH WIND HELPED FLAMES
CHIEF COOTS CALLED FOR MORE
AID IN SHORT ORDER.
ThOusands-A Police Patrol
Established.

Fire that threatened the destruction of
the entire northeastern portion of the city
started in barn in the rear Of Charles
Kinander's saloon. corner of Seventeenth
street and the Lake Erie & Western tracks,
shortly before o'clock yesterday after
noon. a number of homes were laid waste
by the flames and the losses will aggregate
thousands of dollars
How the fire originated Is a mystery.
Kinander. the saloon keeper, was in his
saloon when man ran into his place and
told him that his stable was burning.
Ktnander had a valuable horse in the barn
and ran TO rescue IL. The flames grew so
rapidly that the man and animal were soon
under a sheet of flame. The horse became
unmanageable and kicked Kinander. He
fell on the barn floor and 1t required all of
his remaining strength to creep from the
burning barn. The horse persisted.
When the first companies began to arrive
they saw the embers from the barn being
carried far into the northeast by the wind,
which was blowing gale from the south
west. The flames next communicated to a
barn in the rear of the residence of Bert
Dawson. ITO Alvord street, and more fire
brands began flying through the air. The
Dawson barn was reduced to ashes in a few
minutes, and then the fire assumed it's most
dangerous aspect.
CALLED FOR MORE HELP.
While the firemen were fighting the burn
ing barns the embers ignited the roof of
| the house of Herbert Green, colored, 1714
| Alvord street. The firemen were Joined
| now by Chief Coots and he telephoned for
| more companies. Five additional compa-
/ MES appeared and they were soon in serv-
| ice but unable to cope with the onward
march of the fire.
Adjoining the Green residence is the home
Of Fred Meyerose. ST.. ZIG Alvord street.
The names from the house occupied by
| Green swept into the roof of the Meyerose
! house and damaged it $500 The Green
house is owned by Fred Meyerose, jr In
surance tc the amount of 81 900 is held by
| the MeyerUses.
When the Meyerose home began burning
/ Chief Coots saw the immense Ea glesfeld
| planning mill and lumber yard at Alvord and
| Nineteenth streets endangered. He called
for four more companies at once. BY "a
mere stroke OF good fortune the flames
! leaped across the street from the Eagles
| field mill and took tenements for their
| prey Had the EagleSfeld mill caught the
| firemen would have been COMPLETELY ba filed
as the fire would have swept low into the
| street and would have cut off their hose
| connections. The northeastern end of the
| CITY, WITH us thousands OF frame cottages,
would have been laid desolate by the flames.
From the Meyerose home the fire jumped
| AlVOrd street and took the home of Henry
Rudd. la Alvord street. for its prey. This
/ is directly opposite the Eaglesfeid mill and
| lumber yard, which covers almost an en-
| tire block. Adjoining the Rudd home is a
double tenement occupied by the families
| OF John Gall and James Meyer The Rudd
home and the double tenement were Quilted
The Rudd home is owned by John L. Ba-
con- The loss on it will be 500. The Gall
| ont &c octfr tol eCon
The families saved portion of their house
| hold effects.
Firebrands carried from the Gall-Meyer
/ tenement swept over a dozen other frame
tenements and set fire to a barn in the rear
of the home of Remus Moore, 1881 Alvord
street. This was two blocks from the place
! where the fire originated. The Moore barn
was burned quickly and communicated to
sheds in the rear of the residences of Caesar
| Hardy. 1885 Alvord street. and Mrs. Annie
| Brown, 1887 Alvord street Here a tint OF
humor appeared in the waste. Among the
losses Mrs. Brown placed two setting hens
| in which she had placed great hope for
spring fries, and she was unable TO estimate
her loss.
ACROSS THE ALLEY
Across the alley are sheds in the rear of
the residences of Lafayette Miller. 1898
Yandes street; Warren Cobb. 1892 Yandes
street. and Fred Kuhn, 1910 Yandes street.
Kuhn had a small blacksmith shop in one
of the sheds and his loss on tools will
amount to $3.50. The losses on the sheds
will aggregate $500.
From the burning sheds the wind carried
embers to the home of z. j. Young, 2O4s
Yandes street, in the next block. The fire.
men were fighting the embers at close range
now and they quickly had the Young fire
under control. The loss here was trivial
While the firemen were working on the
sheds the embers ignited the roof of the
home OF Charles Ayres, 2D09 Yandes street
Mrs. Ayres procured a ladder and. with the
assistance of a little boy, fought the flames
and saved her home. The house of Luke
Wood, POLL Yandes street. was also slight
! ly damaged. In this district the fire spent
its force and at o'clock all companies
were ordered back 10 their quarters.
The work Of volunteers served 10 keer
down the losses very largely. Ladders
that had not been used in years were
brought out and homes were saved by
bucket brigades. Within a radius of six
blocks the residents moved their furniture
into the street The fire corps of the Atlas
engine works which adjoins the burnt dis
trict on the east, was ordered out TO helI
the city tiremen and did good work.
Last night the police guarded the effects
saved from the burned homes. An all-night