Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1908 — HALF A MILLION LOSS [ARTICLE]

HALF A MILLION LOSS

Coburn Warehouse at Indianapolis Burns—Bad Blaze at Detroit. Indianapolis, Jan. 29.—Fire in tlit Coburn warehouse, 213 to 233 West Georgia street, destroyed the building nnd caused a loss estimated at $500,000. The Coburn warehouse was one of the largest of its kind in the mid die west. It contained storerooms leased by local firms, as well as general .shipping rooms which were filled with goods. Many of the firms who will feel the loss are concerns of the east and elsewhere doing a general agency business in Indianapolis and the state. The heaviest loser is the Crescent Paper company. 'This loss alone will reach $150,000.