People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1897 — Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind. [ARTICLE]

Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind.

Morgan & Co.’s wholesale and retail hardware store in Columbia street, Fort Wayne, Ind., was destroyed by fire Sunday morning, causing a loss of $75,000, with $40,000 insurance. Four other buildings were wrecked. During the progress of the fire four firemen were at work on the roof of A. H. Staub’s store, which is much lower than the building occupied by Julius Nathan & Co. Suddenly the higher wall toppled, and to escape being crushed the firemen jumped from the roof. George Clingman was injured internally and about the spine and may not recover. The others were only bruised.