South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-24
LOSS FROM FLAMES
PLACED AT $4,000
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

f1ON 4 y OED Nun + Az r IN FL
about $500 insurance. The officers
were located in the front part OF
the building and were totally de-
stroyed.
c. H. Duffy. owner Of barber
shop in the basement, stated. My
loss is about $1,000. covered by $3.50
insurance"
F. D. Powell owner of barber
shop. said. The loss is about $500
and is entirely covered"
Atty Charles Metzger. My law
library / value at $1,000 and it has
been seriously damaged by fire and
water. The insurance well covers
the loss"
II. W. Jones. MY loss was very
little and is entirely covered by in
surance"
The losses TO the F. G. F. club was
placed at S5Oe by c. r. Stevenson,
and to the Eagle Mining Co.'S Of
/ fees. about $500
As a result OF the fire three mem
bers Of the central station depart
ment are confined 10 their beds and
are under the doctors care Edward
Christian with a dislocated shoulder
blade, is the most painfully injured.
/ William Ravencraft. after the de-
partment returned To the station.
collapsed and for several hours was
4 unconscious. Clifford kindly also
/ collapsed, but recovered from the
effects within an hour. Christian
could not give an account as 10 how
! his injury was received. lit was
also stated that a member of the
/ South Bend department received an
! injury and is under the care of a
I physician.
Chief Buysse in a statement Mon
4 day said that the fire was the worst
he has ever encountered in Misha-
waka and the lighting was made ex-
! tremely difficult owing TO the in
terror arrangement of the building
BY the time the exact location of the
fire was ascertained il was impos-
sible TO get within lighting distance,
owing to the volumes of heavy
smoke which rolled out from every
crack and opening in the building
TIE introduction of a recently
purchased three-way. deluge set
permitting a twO-inch stream Of
high pressure to play upon the
upper portion of the building, was
all that checked the fire and en-
abled the men with the smaller
streams to get in effective work.
After the arrival Of the South Bend
department, eight streams of water
were player upon the structure.
/ The fire proved a real test of the
efficiency of the new east end water
plant, as the pressure was at all
times powerful and beyond criticism
However. the department was
/ greatly hampered by the lack of
men and proper modern equipment
to fight fires of this nature, and it
is probable that the result will be
an increase in the number of men
and additional equipment
Companies Cooperate.
At $3.50 it seemed the departments
would work until daylight in their
efforts to eXtinguish the fire. The
South Bend companies were still on
the job. rendering valuable assistance.
! The cooperation of the two depart
ments was carried on in an orderly
manner, and this harmony Of action
was responsible for the rapid results
gained from the fight against the
/ flames.
Thousands of gallons Of water
and chemical were turned on the
flames. and in the mild weather was
found boon for the fighters Cold
weather would have meant freezing
and perilous work on the lodges of
: the building, from which a great
/ deal Of the work had to be done.
Z since the smoke was impenetrable at
some points.
Tongues of flame shot from the
windows and doors, but there seem
ed little danger from a back draught.
since early preparations were made
against an explosion.
Anxious faces of tenants of the
! building were turned upwards as
they watched the progress of the
( firemen Efforts were made to
save as much Of the contents as pos
sible, but the rapidity of the spread
of the flames prevented much work
along this line. The chief concern.
after the first few minutes of tight
ing was in preventing a holocaust
which would have wiped out thous-
ands of dollars more in building and
contents
Feared For square.
That the square was saved was
considered a miracle since there was
every indication that the flames
would lick uO adjoining buildings
A half block from the bank on Main
ST. are some frame structures which
would have gone up like chaff Then.
with enough Roadway, there was the
entire Lincoln way string of two and
three-story building lying easy prey
TO the cOntiagratiOn Conditions in
the vicinity were ripe for one of the
most terrible fires ever recorded in
the history Of northern Indiana and
weather conditions and the absence
of a high wind are looked TO with
thanksgiving by the residents OF
Mishawaka
Many automobile parties from
South Bend sped to the scene of the
fire in the wake Of the local COM