Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT DITS OF THE UNUSUAL " / ' 1 Happenings in the Nearby Claes and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. A BIG FIRE AT FRANKFORT Garage Containing 122 Antes Destroyed Sunday Morning. Fire of unknown origin \qompletely destroyed the Model machine shop, a three-story building on east Clinton street, Frankfort, about 2 o’clock Sunday morning. There were 122 automobiles stored in the garage, many of which were high priced cars, and only about one-half the number were Insured. The loss is estimated at |175,000. For a time it was feared that all that section of the city would be burned, anh appeals for aid were sent to Lafayette and Kokomo, but later the firemen got the blaze under control and the calls for outside assistance were cancelled. Glass fronts In many business buildings near by, including the high school, were broken by the intense heat, and the telephone exchange in an adjoining building was almost completely put out of business.