The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-02-23
CONFEDERATION
IN INDIANAPOLIS,
Fire RACES for Hours in the Wholesale
District of Indiana
CITY.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb Fire in the
Ger or of the wholesale district last night
caused loss Of ST, lOO.O and for four
hours threatened the entire wholesale dis
trict of the city Tho principal losses
and insurance are
Fahnley Il MeCrca, wholesale millinery,
loss. S3SJ.or0: insurance. S@OpD.
The A. Kclfer Drug company, loss, 5000,
600, insurance, $4,000.
Griffith brothers, wholesale millinery.
loss, 100000; Insurance, SlGo,"o.
l.. G. DclmctCh company, wholesale novel;
ties and druggists supplies, $4,000; insnr-
ancc, $4,000.
Starts in Wholesale Store.
The fire started in the wholesale mil
lincry establishment OF Fahnlcy X Me
Cree, whose store was stocked for the
annual spring opening today.
Failing walls at intervals added to the
danger incurred by the iircmcn, one Of
whom suffered broken leg by n piece
of flying Cornice from "A falling building.
There were many narrow escapes from
death.
The fire was confined to the burned
district which adioins the union station,
with the greatest difficulty.
Fire in Grand Hotel.
After the fire in the wholesale district
was under control an alarm was turned
in from the Grand hotel two blocks from
the scene of the blaze in the wholesale
district The iircmcn directed their Mt
tcntion to the hotel, and the flames soon
We're checked
Wholesale District Swept
The fire in the wholesale district, which
was one of the most spectacular in the
history of the city, was under full head
way before an alarm was sounded. The
first ntimation Of fire was received
when a watclman saw the windows on
the second and third floors Of the cast
front Of the lahuloy X McCrca building
burst OPEN allowing sheets Of flame 10
sweep into Meridian street.
General Alarm.
general aiarm. followed by two 9th.
crs in rapid succession. was turned i'm.
ana by tho time the first company reached
the scene the millinery house was almost
destroyed and the fire had spread to the
kicfrr pruL compauy's building
Then the flames swept into Jackson
place which bounds tho Fahnlry Il Me
Crca luildmg On the west and almost In
stuntly were co uunnicNtcd 70 fine ST
Njchoas hotel and tue Glmth Brothers
millinery house in Jack son place. and the
Savoy hotel IN Louisiana street
Explosions Scatter Embers.
Repeated explosions Of oils AMI othor
innammahlcs in The \. kicfcr drug house
sent skyWard burning cmhcrs. which.
famed by stiff breeze from the south
east. were carried into the retail district.
where they fen. still burning, upon the
roofs Of business houses.
Within etA-iiyo minutes eight build
ings had been destroyed, ANA thr attcn-
tion Of the tircmen was conferred IN mn
effort 10 prevent the spread Of the flames
TO the wdrcrooms Of w. II Thompson
x co., manufacturers of surgical iustm-
mcns.
Spreads to Depot.
The fumes which spread across Loui-
aiaun street communicated to the roof
of the 'uion station train sheds and for
some time the efforts OF the hrcmcn were
conferred in that direction.
For half m hour it wa, doubtful
whether the iircmen could cope with The
flames on account Of tottoring wall
which threatened to crush III Tho hlild
ings to Tie north, allowing the flame. 10
spread to the Warehouse of Haven &
Goodies. wholesale Grocers When flo
wall collapsed tho flames wore brought
under control.