Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — Six People Cremated. [ARTICLE]

Six People Cremated.

Bt. Paul, Minn., July 19. —Word has been received here from Wabasha, Minn., that six persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Depot hotel at an early hour tn the morning. The dead: Mrs. A. Hoffman, Mrs. Hoffman’s young baby, Robert Johnson, expressman; Gertrude Stentsber, Rebecca Herman, James Hunt There may be other bodies in the ruins. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gas tank used for an Illuminating plant with which the hotel was equipped.