Show Another Catastrophe at Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS March 19Part of the roof of the Bowen Merrill building which was gutted by fire two days ago fell this afternoon burying a large number of men in the ruins It is believed fifteen or twenty were killed or injured Reports of eyewitnesses are very conflicting con-flicting as to the number supposed to be in the wreck Probably most of those near the falling wall escaped Peter Albin and William Meadows carpenters engaged in bracing the iron front were buried beneath be-neath the debris but were soon rescued Both were considerably hurt It is impossible impos-sible to make a thorough search of the wreck yet as the rest of the iron front threatens to topple over any moment Immediately mediately after the falling of the roof the east wall of the adjoining store occupied by Bicknells store fell It is believed all the clerks and customers escaped For a time the wildest rumors of the disaster were afloat but investigation proved that only two men were slightly hurt though many had narrow escapes The flames broke out again in the ruins and are still burning tonight I is feared the two threestory buildings adjoining the wreckage have been damaged by the crash and will be likely to succumb |