Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — New School Building at Lagro Destroyed by Fire. [ARTICLE]

New School Building at Lagro Destroyed by Fire.

Lagro, Wabash county, ’which had just completed a school building at a cost of $50,000, suffered' the loss of the building by fire Friday. An oil stove kept in the pump house nearthe school building to keep the pipes from freezing became overthea ed, set •the pump bouse on fire and the flames extended to the school house. Schools will ’be held in tire churches of the town until other arrangements can be made. Ten business houses in the tolwn of Dans, includ'i'ng he opera house and a small hotel, were destroyed by fire, enltaillng a loss of SIOO,OOO.