Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 27, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 June 1948 — $100,000 FIRE LOSS AT WARSAW [ARTICLE]

$100,000 FIRE LOSS AT WARSAW

Warsaw, Ind., June-2 Fire loss was estimated unofficially today at about SIOO,OOO at the Rochelle Furniture Manufacturing Co. here. The cabinet and finishing rooms of the plant were gutted in a fire that began yesterday afternoon about 4 and spread to a house more than two blocks away. The house was set afire by half of an exploding naphtha tank that landed on the roof and destroyed the building. Cause of the fire was unknown. «