This house is pictured in the 1924 Arbutus on page 277. The house still stands at 312 N. Washington, though altered. Bill Coulter On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Constance Shotts <2013ccts@gmail.com>wrote: > Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 20, 1924, p. 1. > > FIRE DAMAGES THE CHI OMEGA CHAPTER HOUSE > > Early Morning Blaze Does Damage of $4,000. > > For the fourth time within two years, the Chi Omega sorority house at 312 > north Washington street, caught fire early today, causing a damage of > approximately $4,000. The fire caught from the chimney on the downstairs > roof, it is thought, at 6:30 o'clock this morning. It was not discovered > until it had eaten its way through the outide [sic] wall of the house into > the sleeping dormitory on the third floor. > > All but two of the girls were downstairs and dressed. These two discovered > the fire. The alarm was sounded and neighbors and police ran to the rescue > of the girls. Almost all of the furniture, clothes and personal belongings > of the girls were carried out. The household goods was damaged to an extent > of about $500; the damage to the houe [sic] proper was estimated to be near > $3,500. The house is owned by Macie Malott of Indianapolis. > > The last time the house caught fire, it was rented by Phi Mu sorority, but > this year the Chi Omega girls secured it. Fire Chief Strain said today that > the roof was graduated so that it extended from the first to the third > floors. The roof being shingle, it was a hard matter to stop the fire after > it had gained headway. The last time the house was afire the entire roof > was > burned away. Then it was replaced by another shingle roof. > > The man who fires the furnace for the girls had just been down in the > basement and had fired it up. He said he did not notice any fire when he > left. > > While at this fire, another call was received. The smaller truck made a > trip > to the Bottling Works, but the fire was extinguished before the firemen > arrived. > > > Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) > CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants > after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark > registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >