Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — Store Budding and Contents Destroyed at Foresman. [ARTICLE]

Store Budding and Contents Destroyed at Foresman.

iFire started in the Pierson and Miller store at Foresman at about 6:30 Friday evening. The building also included the restaurant of Perry Brown. The entire building and all the contents were destroyed, as there was no fire fighting apparatus in the vilalge. The fire started at the rear of the store and the gasoline plant also caught on fire.