Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1918 — $2,000,000 Fire Loss In Indianapolis Sunday. [ARTICLE]

$2,000,000 Fire Loss In Indianapolis Sunday.

Indianapolis, Jan. 13.—Fire, believed by Fire Chief Loucks to have been of incendiary origin, tonight destroyed the Industrial Building, West Tenth street and the Canal, causing a loss that is expected to run from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. The blaze was discovered at 5:45 this afternoon and before the first companies had responded the entire structure was in flames. Every available bit of apparatus in the city was requisitioned and the firemen bent their energies to keeping the fire, which was fanned by a gale from the southwest, from crossing Tenth street and destroying residences. In this they were successful. The damage done to residences was slight and was caused more by water than by flames.