People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — Fifty Perish in Flames. [ARTICLE]

Fifty Perish in Flames.

St. Petersburg, May 22.—There have been several fresh fires of serious nature in various parts of the provinces. In the town of Kobuederi 200 houses have been burned, and in the village of Rushany 250 houses. During these conflagrations a total of fifty persons were Killed and many more injured. These fires naturally have caused severe distress in the districts in which they took place, and this distress continues.