Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — WHERE EXPLODING MOLASSES KILLED FIFTEEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHERE EXPLODING MOLASSES KILLED FIFTEEN

Fifteen persons were Killed and scores seriously injured when a huge tank capable of holding 1.000,000 gallon® of molasses exploded at the plant of the Purity Distilling company in the Boston North end.. The scene of the dieaster is shown in this photograph. _ _ ... •, -