South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

Night Watchman William MifGlu
said he was at the rear Of the garage
when he heard the explosion from the
basement and it Immediately follow
ed 10y "a flash OF flame He said he
rushed 10 the front doors to throw
them open but could not He said the
intense heat from below seemed 10
force the doors back They open TO
the inside. BY this time the flames
came up the stairway and he was
forced TO rush TO the rear OF the
building again. In another instant he
said the entire place was ablaze. Hs
then turned i'm an alarm, but by the
time the firemen arrived from central
station the interior of the garage was
q seething furnace. Two more alarms
were sent in and hose companies No.
3, 4, and 6 responded The first
alarm was turned in at As o'clock.
The men fought until nearly o'clock
before the blaze was under control
Tanks Add Fury Co Blaze.
Mgr Nichols Of the garage believes
the blaze received added fury from
40 PTest-O-lyte tanks which were in
the path OF the flames from below
and exploded.
The Davies Shirt Co. and laundry is
Immediately north Of the garage. A
strong south wind swept the flames
making department is located. The
intense heat quickly shivered the win
dows and the flames licked their way
i'm.
w. o. Davies. sr said the shirt
making department is total loss.
thousands lies in a tangled mass. only
ruined by smoke and water. while
score or more OF machines are also a
loss The loss 20 the laundry depart
ment is thought VIII not be so severe
as IL is believed the machinery VIII
be lit Tor work again after cleaning
and repairs Mr.. Davies estimated
the loss 70 the shirt making depart
ment at nearly $4,000 and the dam
aye 20 the building $4,000. The loss
10 the laundry department which VIII
be due mostly TO water droppins from
the floor above could not be definite
'ly estimated. but IS thought VIII
reach near $1,000.
Building Loss $4,000.
Mr. Nichols put the loss on the
cars which are averaged at about
S1.400 each, viii run this loss up
$4,000. IN addition there we're ;
cars. some new. others awaiting re-
pairs or stored for the night The loss
70 these viii easily be near the S70,-
900 mark
The Interior OF the garage is a
mass Of charred autos while tires and
other accessories valued into the
thousands lie I'm a tangled mass. only
the front wall Of the garage remains
standing.
The shirt factory and laundry suf-
fered heavily from the streams II
water that were poured in by the fire
men 90 stop the rush OF the flames.
Both floors are heavily soaked while
bolts Of shirting piled about the
building and sewing machines are
ruined
Many Lose Cars.
Among those who lost cars IN
the garage are the following:
William Toepp ". /. KizeT fOHr
cars. Edith Asire. George Asire.
@. T.. Bingham a. IT, Heller,
truck T. H. Orvls South Bend
creamery. truck new Buick
truck one new Cole six. ore
demonstrating car and one new
Studebaker.
Sharing the loss with Mgr Nichols
are ". / Kizer and John WoOlver-
ton. part owners Of the garage. In
the Davies shirt factory and laundry
are ". o. Davies. ST. ". -. Davies
jr, anG George Davies.
Capt. Strlckler. who was hurt. was
directing the nremen az the rear -
the garage when the wall fell. tie was
caught beneath the flvinE debris ana
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