Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1904 — MURRAY’S SHOP BURNS. [ARTICLE]

MURRAY’S SHOP BURNS.

The center one of the three frame buildings on West Washington street erected by John Maikeever about a year ago, and occupied by E. J. Murray, the plumber* was destroyed by fire about 4 o’clock Tauitdiy morning. The fire was first discovered in the south end of the. building, and its origin is a mystery, as the stove was located in the north end and no fire had been kept in the south end at all. The stillness of the night and the intense cold seemed to aid the firemen in confining the flumes, and while the laundry building on the west and Jessup’s carpenter shop on the east were but three to five feet away, the former escaped with but a scorched siding and the latter with the partial burning of the weather boarding. Everything was removed from the two buildings, however, and the glass in the fronts were broken out in the process. Mr. Makeever’s loss on the buildings is in the neighborhood of S6OO, partially covered by insurance, while Mr. Murray estimates his loss on tools and stock at about SI,OOO, with SSOO insurance. Mr. Makeever will rebuild at once.