Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — FIERCE FIRE IN NASHVILLE. [ARTICLE]

FIERCE FIRE IN NASHVILLE.

Property Valued at $300,000 Is Destroyed by Flames and Water. Sunday afternoon one ot the most important squares in Nashcille, Ten a., ',v.is almost totally destroyed by tire,, only four buildings standing and their contents tmV damaged. The fire originated iu the fiTcblory building of the Rosenheim Company, bisecting the square and having an, L reaching to Cedar street, and from rids communicated to ail the buildings on the* square. The losses to buildings and stocks are estimated to be from to SSOO,(XX), The fire was difficult to control. the heat intense, and two firemen, were injured, but not seriously.