People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — Heavy Loss by Fire: [ARTICLE]

Heavy Loss by Fire.

DEXTER, Mo., Feb. 11.—Fire started in the frame building occupied by Thomas N. Doherty as a dry goods store between 1 and 2 o'clock Friday morning and before it could be stopped destroyed twelve buildings in the south half of the block, which was almost entirely occupied by business houses. In addition to the four houses burned a dozen more are badly damaged. The losses are estimated at $60,000. A little over half is covered by insurance. This is Dexter’s third fire within a year and in amount of losses has been exceeded in only one instance, that of March 5, last year.