People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — FIRED BY A METEOR. [ARTICLE]

FIRED BY A METEOR.

It Struck a Barn at Delavan, Wis., and Destroyed Eleven Buildings. Delavan, Wis., Oct. 30.—A meteor falling on the livery barn of S. V. Barlow Monday night caused a destructive fire. It quickly ignited the barn. The flames were fanned by a brisk wind and swept into a row of wooden buildings adjoining and from there into the main business block on Walworth avenue. Scarcely anything could be done by the fire department. Eleven buildings were burned. The loss is $28,000, with insurance amounting to $17,000.