People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Roofs Broken by Snow. [ARTICLE]

Roofs Broken by Snow.

Chicago, Jan. 30. —Weighted down by huge heaps of snow the roofs of several of the world’s fair buildings gave way Saturday, causing a loss of nearly $50,000. The huge manufactures building suffered the worst, a hole 16 by 600 feet being torn in the roof of its eastern annex. The weight of the snow on a portion of machinery hall also proved too much for the iron supports and a section about 14 by 50 feet caved in. The roofs of the agricultural and transportation bnildinga also suffered, but not so severely.