Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — FIRE SWEEPS MONROE CITY [ARTICLE]

FIRE SWEEPS MONROE CITY

Destroys Bank and Two Stores, Causing Total Loss of $30,000. Petersburg, Ind.. July 15.—Monroe City, a town in Knox county, twelve miles west of this place has been visited by its third disastrous fire within a year. The loss is $30,000, with partial insurance. The Monroe City State bank, Jenkins & Bland’s hardware store and Snyder Brothers’ grocery store were destroyed.