Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1917 — Fire Threatened Destruction Of Cement Tile Factory. [ARTICLE]

Fire Threatened Destruction Of Cement Tile Factory.

The fire*company was called out at 3:30 this Tuesday afternoon td the cement tile factory, just north of the railroad. The plant is owned by a company and is under the management of Roe Yeoman. Only for the prompt action of the fire company was the building saved. Upoii their arrival at the factory the blaze had already made. CQnsiderable headway and the roof was on fire and the (interior of the buildirffT was also in flames. The fire originated from one of the boilers which was defective andalloiyed the blaze to escape. The damage cannot be estimated as yet as the firemen were still on the scene when we wqnt to press. The Tact that the fire was ill the open where it could easily be subdued is probably all that saved the factory from almost total destruction.