The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-03
THRILLING
SENSATIONS
Loss Will Reach 100000 and
Gary is Racked With
Rumors.

The fire fiend grasped Gary yester-
day with terrible grip, completely
devastating ten buildings, rendering
twenty families homeless, destroying
thousands of dollars worth of mer-
chandise, and imperiling the lives of
a hundred people Within the per-
iod of eight hours three distinct fires,
whose origin is unknown, broke out
and in an increditably short time
they, together with the surrounding
structures, were a mass of smOldering
debris Hundreds of helping hands
together with the police were power
less to check the cOn1agratiOn which
resulted in a loss estimated to be over
$4,000
LOSSES ARE AMAZING.
The losses sustained are as follows:
JOHN JURsICH, hotel. corner Broad
way and Sixteenth; total loss, $1,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Nj. ID. RosENTHAL, Gary Department
store, adjoining hotel; loss esti-
mated by Rosenthal $4,000. Insur-
ance. s9,50O
n. R. ROUK, store building, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth on Broad
way Total loss. $4,000; Insurance
$500.
f. BAKER, grocery in Houk building.
loss. $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
STANLEY ZEPKONSIII, owner store
building and bakery Total loss.
$500; insurance, $1,000. Adtoins
Houk building.
STEVEN SOLTES, owner Broadway no.
tel building. north of Zepkowskt.
Loss. $4,000 covered by insurance.
LEVY & BAER, proprietors OF Broad
way hotel Loss, $1,000; no insur-
ance.
WALENTY ZAsADZINSKI, Twelfth
and Washington, saloon. Loss, $4,-
600: insurance. $1,7OO.
MIKE DANSCH, occupant of above
building Loss. $1,000; covered by
insurance.
ASHER & ACKER, blacksmith shop
Loss. $1,000; no insurance
STANLEY L. WEAVER, barber shop
Twelfth and Washington street. Loss
$3.50; no insurance.
JOHN MOUNTAIN, residence Loss
$500; no insurance.
CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY
wires. cables etc, loss. $3.50.
KING HUNG 10, Chinese laundry, Six
teenth street Loss. $500; no insur-
ance.
All Of the store buildings in the
above were two stories in height witt
the exception of the laundry, black
smith shop and the residence of Johr
Mountain
START IN BARBER SHOP.
The first of the three fires started il
the barber shop of Stanley Weaver il
the second story. at o'clock yester
day morning. The flames started il
the rear Of the building and were frs
noticed by the boarders in the salooI
across the street Instantly the alarm
was sounded by the firing of revolv
X ers. the shouting of the excited crowd
which scantily clad. quickly gathered
about the doomed building. Desperat
efforts were made to save the littl
frame structure, but it was only a mat
ter of a few seconds until the fir
fighters. headed by the police foun,
the attempt useless, Their energy wa
then directed towards the saving 0
the adjoining building, the saloon o
John Dansch, but their efforts agai1
proved futile The flames quickl.
Tapped up the dry timber and so quick
ly did it leap from house to house tina
only one of the four tenants of tn
structures were able to save their per
sonal effects.
SHOTS SUMMON FIGHTERS.
The fire fighters had just begun t
settle back in hopeless despair whe
suddenly the crack of pistol shots wer
heard to the south; the telephone be-
suddenly rang al the police station an
an appeal was made from that sourc
10 assist the fighting of a blaze whic
had started in the rear of the Broad
way hotel The force of policemen
who also act as a volunteer fire de
partment, divided their forces an
made for the fire in the south enc
John Columbus, living in the Waite
5. Ross building. but few feet ava
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