Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 2. DANGEROUS FIRE Several Stables in West Bedford Burned Wednesday Afternoon Children playing with matches started a fire in Bart Short's barn on West 17th Street between P and Q Wednesday PM about 2 o'clock. This stable, the stable of John Short, and the stable at the H. H. Roseman property occupied by Andy Lantz, were totally destroyed together with other outbuildings. Bart Short had his barn full of oats, and John Short had a lot of hay. The stables at J. A. Zaring's and W. G. Sproull's on the north wide of the alley were badly scorched. There is insurance on several of the stables and barns. The loss on all with contents may amount to $1,200. A strong gale from the northwest was blowing, sending a cloud of smoke and sparks in a southeasterly direction endangering all property for several blocks, shingle roofs being dry as tinder. The home of Marion Taylor, two blocks distant, caught in the comb of the roof, and all the household goods were carried out, but by pulling off shingles and pouring on water with buckets, the blaze was put out without much damage. Afterward, a blaze was discovered on the roof of Judge Crookes' home, one on Al Lucas's woodshed and one on the summer kitchen at Jesse C. Mitchell's. The latter being three full blocks from the burning stables. All were promptly extinguished. The fire department had all its available hose out, several streams being at work, but found it hard to subdue the fire at once owing to the strong wind and the abundance of combustible material. Only their promptness prevented the destruction of several residences.