Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — New Onion Storage Building at Newland Burned. [ARTICLE]

New Onion Storage Building at Newland Burned.

Ed Oliver’s big new onion storage building at Newland was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The building was discovered to be on fire about 10 o’clock, and word was telephoned to Rensselaer. Several automobile loads went out with chemical fire extinguishers but were unable to save the building, which wag of wood. The building contained about 30,000 bushels of onions and a large number of crates. It was insured in R. D. Thompson’s agency for $7,500, and there was also $lO,000 carried on onions and $5,000 on crates. The building was 40x156 feet in size, and is said to have cost about SIO,OOO. It was built last fall, and was just south of the other big storage warehouse built there the season before. The building belonged to Ed Oliver.