Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — GRAIN WENT THROUGH FIRE [ARTICLE]

GRAIN WENT THROUGH FIRE

After Ten Years It is Found in Ruins of an Elevator in Louisiana. Blanchard, La. —In excavating for new approaches for the Farmers’ elevator, the debris of the elevator fire of* ten years ago was unearthed. Among other things was a pocket of wheat containing a bushel or more, charred black but whole, that had lain there all these years. Every berry was as perfect as the day of the fire. Covered by earth and ashes, It was hermetically sealed from the elements. The old elevator was the property of J. H. Walkinshaw and McKee Brothers, and burned to the ground full of wheat, corn and'oats. There was someinsurance. They rebuilt the present structure, replacing the destroyed elevator. Wheat then was worth less than 50 cents per bushel.