Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1911 — FIRE ENGINE HAS HISTORY. [ARTICLE]

FIRE ENGINE HAS HISTORY.

Would-Be Purchasers of Chicago FireFighting Machine are Many. South Bend, Ind., July 20.—Historical societies in several parts of the country are making an effort to purchase from Buchanan, Mich., an old-fashioned hand engine built over 100 years ago and which saw service during the burning of Chicago in 1871. The engine was at one time owned by South Bend, but during the last quarter of a century it has been in use at Buchanan.