Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1914 — Fire Destroys Stockyards And Boxcars at Lowell. [ARTICLE]

Fire Destroys Stockyards And Boxcars at Lowell.

Brief information reached Rensselaer this morning that the stock pens, several boxcars and some buildings were destroyed by fire at Lowell during the night, but details could not be secured. The railroad telegraph lines were severed by the fire and Agent Beam has had no connection with Ldwell today except over it dispatchers wire which was repaired but later was severed, destroying communication. The extent nor the cause of the fire could not be learned.