Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
FIRE BUG SOUGHT
IN 100000 BLAZE
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It was thought to be in the sheds in
the rear of the planning mill.
These sheds were filed with lumber
but the fire spread to the planning mill
and not much damage was caused to the
lumber yard Of the company.
The planning mill was a four story brick
building. so by so feet in size, and the
building and expensive machinery is a
total loss.
CITY DETECTIVES AID
FIRE NIARSHAL'S SEARCH.
Much Importance is placed on the fact
that a number of fires occurred in the
northeast section of the city last night
Members of the detective department
and the State fire marshaIs office are CO.
operating in the investigation of the
fires.
The most important clew obtained by
the police was given by Mrs. W. B. Goss.
S21 East st. Clair street, who saw a man
run from the scene of the FIRE started
at the Otto J. Suesz Transfer and Stor-
age Company, 900 Biddle street, at o 80
O'Clock last night.
The Suesz Company's buildings are
within 200 yards of the JungcIaus lum-
Der yards, and that fire had just been
put out when the hremen saw the flames
at the Jungclaus plant.
Mrs. LottIe Zumphy, 925 East st. Clair
street. discovered the Suesz fire, which
originated between two frame sheds d.
rectly in the rear Of her home, the fire
reaching the pile Of lumber In the Suesz
Company's yards.
T.
tracted the attention Of Mrs. Goss, who
lived on the west side Of Economy street,
the alley where the sheds are located,
where the incendiary started the fire.
MAN FLIES SCENE
AS FIRE is STARTED.
Mrs. Goss described the man as being
slender and weighing about 135 pounds.
He was a white man, smooth shaven,
wearing a dark suit Of clothes and a soft
felt hat, she said.
This man ran across ST. Clair street,
and continued north on Economy street
and then turned west IN the first alley
north Of st. Clair street
From that point IL is believed that he
went to the rear Of the Jungelaus fac
tory and started that fire.
The fire was spectacular and attracted
a large crowd.
northwest Of Massachusetts, avenue and
Aremen were kept busy putting out root
fires.
On the soutl Of the Jungclaus plant
is an alley known as Fowler street, and
residences at s0T, s11. S17, $40 Fowler
street were damaged, as was the Pete
Granosky Company's junk shop.
A heavy loss was suffered at the
Champion Mop Company's factory, s41
Massachusetts, avenue. which was totally
destroyed.
There was some damage to the George
". Hollenbeck -four and feed store, S43
Massachusetts, avenue.
PRINTING PLANT
DAMAGED By WATER.
The Charles w. Boswell Printing
Company, S41 Massachusetts avenue, was
also reached by the fire, but the dam
age IN that place was for the most part
caused by water and smoke.
At the shop Of the Joshua n. Knapp
horse shoe shop, $50 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., the entire rear Of the building was
burned ;;
The big five story freproof building
Of the Hogan Transfer and Storage
Company, o63 and 500 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., was only slightly damaged by the
flames which were prevented from
spreading farther northeast by the build
ing.
A freight car on track in the rear
Of the Hogan building, directly between
that building and the Jungclaus factory,
was damaged by the flames.
Remarkable work was done by the
dremen, who prevented the flames from
spreading throughout the Jungclaus
lumber yard, located east Of the factory
and also from reaching across Fowler
street to the John A Schumacher lum-
Der yard.
HEAVY EAST WIND
SAVES LUMBER YARDS.
A wind from the east assisted the
firemen in preventing the flames spread
ing through the lumber yards, but that
same wind carried fire brands across
Massachusetts, avenue and showered
them on the roofs of houses on Ashland
avenue and Edison avenue.
At 9:19 O'Clock last night the fremen
answered an alarm at oil Massachusetts,
avenue where there was only a slight
loss, but they had hardly returned to
the fire houses when the alarm was re-
Suesz Company's storage houses and
lumber yards.
While the flremen wero fighting the
blaze at the Jungclaus Company an
alarm was received that sent some Of
the IRE department to the Taige Mahog-
any Company, 11o3 East Thirteenth
street. where a FIRE Of unknown origin
caused a loss estimated at 5000.
A hot iron started a blaze at the Prog
ress Laundry, 415 East Market street, at
1884 O'Clock this morning. but the loss
was small
The William P. Jungclaus Company
are contractors and builders.
The Office building Of the company is
brick and was not damaged.
The planning mill located directly in