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Show "WHOLESALE DISTRICT OP INDIANAPOLIS IN PERIL FROM BLAZE IN HOTEL. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 18. Fire which for almost two hours threatened to destroy the principal retail dletict Sunday Sun-day morning, in the Occidental hotel, called out every' fire company In the city, as well as those from outlying suburbs. The houH was filled with ruext and a panic was narrowly averted. Many left the building clad only In their night clothes. The hotel la valued at J100.000 and Is gutted. The lona Is estimated at T5,000. OtOher losses to business houses on the ground floor were: Fergus pharmacy, W00O; Raphael Millinery company, 110.000: P. J. Ryan, hatter, M0O. |