Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — Fire Causes $100,000 Loss. [ARTICLE]

Fire Causes $100,000 Loss.

, Laporte. Aug Js.—The Rumley Oil Pull company suffered a SIOO,OOO loss when their paint shop' and test sheds were consumed .by fire. The fire started in the paint shop, probably from spontaneous combustion. In an instant the entire glace was ablaze and 30 men working in the shops barely escaped. The loss includes about 30 tractors which were practically completed. The two buildings burned were the only ones not fireproof. Hundreds of citizens and many employes of the plant aided the local department in fighting the fire.