Boston (MASS) Journal, March 21, 1872, p. 4. DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. The Largest Car Works in the Country Destroyed Loss $500,000; Insurance $300,000 Louisville, Ky., March 20. The Ohio Falls Car Works at Jeffersonville, Indiana, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The fire was discovered about half past two o'clock among some shavings in the planning mill which is supposed to have caught from the smokestack and spread to the remainder of the works and lumberyard in the same enclosure, all of which were consumed. The works were the most extensive and complete of the kind in the country. The buildings alone covered five acres of ground besides a number a sheds and lumberyards. A large amount of machinery of the finest quality, with a large quantity of car materials, was in the buildings. The works employed about 700 men and did an immense business. The works had orders at the time of the fire for 2000 cars. Sixteen passenger coaches, nearly finished, a number of freight and other cars were burned. The works cleared a net profit last year of $200,000 (difficult to read). The loss will reach $500,000, and the insurance is about $300,000-mostly in Northern companies There were 600 men in the shops at the time, nearly all of whom lost their tools. Several persons had a narrow escape from death during the fire. One man is missing, and it is feared he was burned to death. Louisville engines were sent over to assist the two government engines and one city engine from Jeffersonville, but the dry weather and high wind rendered all efforts useless. The company says they will rebuild immediately.