Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1920 — $1,500,000 FIRE IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

$1,500,000 FIRE IN CHICAGO

Two Freight Warehouses and 264 Cars With Contents Are Destroyed by Blaze. • Chicago, Oct 14.—Fire which swept through the freight house and yards of the Chicago Junction railway and the building of the Midland Warehouse and Transfer company caused damage estimated by Arthur Seyferlich, third deputy Are chief, at 31,500,000. The freight house, a two-story structure which extends from Robey street to Hoyne avenue on Forty-third street, 264 freight cars and the Midland warehouse were totally destroyed. Contents of the two buildings and the cars also are a complete loss.