The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-20

Great Confir ration.
SPECTACULAR SIGHT.
Firebrands Fell Like q Hail storm
In the Wholesale Business Dis
tricf and Loss One Million
and q Half Dollars,

Indianapolis, Feb. 20.-For four hours
Sunday night the wholesale district.
bounded by Georgia and Meridian
streets. Jackson palace and the union
depot sheds. WAS menaced by fire
which started in the wholesale ware
room of the Fahniey & McCrea Mil
linery company. At $50 o'clock three
general alarms brought into action
every department in the city ana
suburbs. When the fire was brought
under control eight buildings, among
which were three hotels. had been
completely destroyed causing a loss
estimated az s1.50o.990. one fireman
was hurt by falling walls.
Firebrands as large as hens eggs
fell In perfect storm over the bust
ness portion of the city, and ON every
building We're stationed companies Of
men equipped with fire apparatus
The ERE, 'hich was one Of the most
spectacular la the history of the city,
was under fun Roadway before an
alarm was sounded. BY the time the
first company reached the scene the
htAttitt%i muse " 1S almost com DkEAE8N
Quilted. and the FIRE had spread TO the
keifer Drug oompanys building. ST
simultaneously the flames broke out in
jackson place. which bounds the Fahn-
ley 4 McCrea buildings on the west
and almost instantly the flames were
communicated to the ST. Nicholas hotel
and the Griniths Bros millinery house
in Jackson place and the Savoy hotel
Tn Louisiana street
The occupants of the hotels. many
OF whom had not retired. escaped
without injury.
Repeated explosions in the burning
section sent skyward a verigabie storm
Of burning embers which, famed by a
stiff breeze from the southeast. we're
carried into the retail district. where
they fell, still burning. upon the roofs
81 the principal nouses
For half an hour IL was doubtful
whether or not the firen1en could cope
with the flames on account OF a tot
tering wall which threatened TO crush
In the buildings TO the north, allowing
the flames spread 10 the warehouse OF
Haven Il Geddes wholesale grocers.
When the wall collapsed in the alley
without damaging the building occu-
pied by Thompson Il Co the flames
we're apparently brought under control
and several departments were dis
patched 10 their stations to await pos
sible calls from the districts menaced
by flying emhers
Following are the principal losses. as
estimated by a prominent insurance
man:
Fahnley e McCrea, building. $125.-
600; loss on stock, $4,000. Insurance
.s29o, goo
A Keifer Drug company, buildings,
t7e.ooo' stock. s2z5,oo0. Insurance,
s24s.8oo
dririths Bros building. $50 goo;
stock, $4,000 Insurance, SEQ, GOO.
T.. c. Dolmetsch company. building.
fGaeoos stock. sac 600. Insurance. $50
GOO
shrTnan House. buildings. $4,000
stock. 10000 Insurance. $4,000
savoy hotel. building, $4,000; stock,
sto.eoo Insurance. Sis 0oo
ri Charles, building $4,000: stock
$40 80e Insurance. $1,000.
Muir Millinery company, building
5000; stock. $4,000. Insurance. sl3.-
eco
spark from the FIRE Ia the whole
sale district several blocks away set
fire To the roof OF the Grand hotel A
all alarm again summoned ali avail
able departments All Of the guests
were aroused, and on account of the
damage by water. many were COMPEL
ed "a seek other lodgings. The loss Is
estimated al $500