Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1914 — AUBURN FACTORY IS DESTROYED [ARTICLE]

AUBURN FACTORY IS DESTROYED

Fifty Women and Fifteen Men Thrown Out of Work. FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000 Blaze Is Supposed to Have Been Originated in the Furnace Room. —Volunteer Fire Department Is Helpless. Auburn.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed the new plant of the Auburn Postcard company, causing a loss of $50,000, with $4?>,000 Insurance. The company probably will rebuild. The fire was discovered near the furnace room and may have had its origin there. Auburn’s volunteer fire de partment was helpless. Fifty women and 15 men are thrown out of work. The plant was a two-story structure, about 200 feet long and 50 feet wide, constructed of cement blocks. Temporary quarters probably will be established in the Zimmerman Automobile company plant. Fmrth Bend. —-E. L. Kelsey nearly bled to death after using a hypodermic needle to administer medicine for rheumatism. The needle was accidentally pressed into a small artery and the blood failed to coagulate. Muncie. —While sorting his mall In the post office, Benjamin F. ’Harrold, one of the oldest rural route carriers In Delaware county and uncle of Orville Harrold, the tenor, dropped dead of heart trouble. Harrold had Just greeted his fellow employes with a merry Christmas when he staggered across the room and fell dead. 1 widow survives.