Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1911 — EIGHT CITY BLOCKS BURN [ARTICLE]

EIGHT CITY BLOCKS BURN

Fire Doe* Vast Amount of Damage In Cristobal, Panama. Colon, March 24. —As the result of a fire eight city blocks were destroyed in the vicinity of the canal commissary buildings at Cristobal. The burned structures were all of the wooden frame type. The loss has not been ascertained as yet. While the fire was in progress a special train came from Panama bringing apparatus and all the spare firemen in that city! A detechment was also sent from the canal zone to aid the firemen. Some of the canal property was destroyed.