San Diego (CA) Union, February 7, 1918, p. 2. FIRE DESTROYS INDIANA STATE REFORMATORY Jeffersonville, Indiana, February 6-Fire practically wiped out the Indiana State Reformatory here early today with a loss exceeding $250,000. Twelve hundred and fifty prisoners of the reformatory were removed from the cell house within a few minutes after the blaze was discovered and are under a cordon of guards in the new school building of the institution.