Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — Fire Endangers Lives. [ARTICLE]

Fire Endangers Lives.

Chicago, Aug- 24.—Fire on board a merchandise lighter in the Chicago river endangered the lives of twenty men, constituting the crew of the vessel. Several leaped into the water and were rescued with difficulty. The property loss was SOO,OOO.