Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — INDIANAPOLIS ELEVATOR BURNS [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS ELEVATOR BURNS

Indianapolis, June 14.—Elevator B, of the Cleveland Grain company at Beech Grove, near here, caught fire shortly after midnight and it is believed will be a complete loss. The elevator is estimated to contain 300,000 bushels of grain. The origin of the fire is not known. The flames were still ragin at 1:15 o-’clock. >The fire was discovered about 12:30 when a volume of flame burst from the top'of the structure. The elevator is of frame construetion and before the fire fighting apparatus could reach the scene the conflagration had reached such pro-* portions that little headway could be made agAinst it. It is estimated the loss will exceed $400,000.