People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Second Fire in Three Days. [ARTICLE]

Second Fire in Three Days.

St. Joseph, Mo., May 14. —The St. Joseph pump factory, the St. Joseph excelsior works, and a two-story hotel adjacent in the suburb of St. George, were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The loss is placed at $60,000. The company sustained a loss of $60,000 on buildings and machinery last Friday. It is supposed the fire yesterday started from live coals left over from Friday. A total of $25,000 insurance in regular companies was carried on the pump factory.