Fire Blazes Through Downtown Apartments
A view down Pike Street, just west of downtown. Photo copyright Wabash College.
This shot was taken at approximately 6:40 a.m., nearly four hours after the fire was reported to have started. The image is taken just west of the former New York Shoe Shop from Pike Street. Photo copyright Wabash College.
The old New York Shoe Shop is no more. This is a view from Pike Street looking east toward Lincoln Bank. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Photo copyright Wabash College.
Firemen atop lifts attempt to spray down persistent flames coming from the old New York Shoe Shop building. Photo copyright Wabash College.
All traffic flowing through downtown on either 231 or 136 is being re-routed. This is a shot of West Wabash Avenue. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Another photo of the old New York Shoe Shop, which had over a dozen apartments on upper floors. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Billowing smoke from the downtown fire as firemen in lifts pump water. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Smoke was visible from Wabash's Trippet Hall. The College is just three blocks from the site of the blaze. Photo copyright Wabash College.
A view down Walnut Street south to Market Street; all downtown streets were closed to through traffic. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Firemen not only battle the heat and flames, but shifting winds make battling the smoke just as difficult. Photo copyright Wabash College.
Photo copyright Wabash College.