Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1914 — DEMOTTE CREAMERY BURNED [ARTICLE]

DEMOTTE CREAMERY BURNED

boss About $4,000 With Insurance / of s2,Boo—Origin of Fire I Unknown. f The Demotte creamery was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, and the fire is thought to have originated in the engine room. The ice plant in connection was also destroyed and all the machinery rendered useless. Edward Beaman, owner and the irianager, who was the greatest loser, resided near the creamery, but when the fire was discovered it had made too much headway to save the building. The creamery, which was originally built by a stock company and at one time later was owned, by Dan Waymire of Rensselaer, who is understood to have still held a mortgage on the property, has been doing a good business apparently all along. It is reported, however, that it will not be rebuilt. ' There was $2,800 insurance on the entire property, carried in R. D. Thompson’s agency of this city.