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*Drtirurliir f ire itt « v l» % 111e—I omI* %Ii in it led at tlO'OOO'OOONa-bvjlli, Jar,e 9 — At about two P M . la d*v, the rncb9ive budd;ug used fur the storage , 1of Quartermaster and (^mmi«iPiPtorH, on thecomer of Surouer *i,d Brotd street*. known «•the Ttjlor Pr*o?. w«* discovered to be oo tire,supposed to hitf ctoghl from sp«rk*, which fellIn the cellar of the building, from i locomotive on the trick, which run* lengthwise of the building. Captain W A W*mwright, in charge ofthe Quartermaster building, had two or threeioch jets of witer upon the fire, before the arriv*f of the Fire Depirtmerit The F re Departmerit pr icnptly rallied to the scene of the fire,but csulJ not inj the progress of the flame*.ut.li I half of the budding w*# e:*;ire!y de«tro;eiJI he other half, consisting of Cimnr^arv store*.• *saved from destruction, bv the exertion* ofthe Fire Department The estimated l«jlt;* io the G ivernnieut is between four end five million dollarsSe%ertl dwelling* near the «rene of contligraliuti were destroyed with their contents Sogreat t h the he»t that * near approach to the scene of the tire wu imooaiible I wo or threeof the employee!* are *u ipoaed to hire perished in the flames.L it^r advices represent the destruction of Goveminent property at the great fire to day a» between eight and ten mtlliou dollar* Withinit* w ill* were stores sufficient to «up?lr an armyof 80,1100 men for two yetr«. The quantity ofrope alone conaumed w*s valued at upw-trd* of oue million dollars The building w%* the largestin the country, beirg H)0 feet f* nt by 200 tier p.Fortunately a portion of the buiMtog w »«*-aved by a fire wall, which was suggested and built by General J L Donaldson,and the largestpart of the trout. 500 leet. was by this preciu !tion saved Irom desu uctionVarious rumor* are afloat a* to the cause of the fire, norn* maintaining that it was the worke»t an incendiary, other* net Mental A court of;inquiry will investigate the matter. ‘The conflagration was *o rapid that the buil.J ing was one sheet of flame before the fire departt men* could work on ir.
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Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 10, 1865
Page 3
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