People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1896 — Illinois High School Burned. [ARTICLE]

Illinois High School Burned.

Bushnell, 111., March 25.—The high school building burned in this city Tuesday afternoon. No lives were lost and not the slightest accident occurred, although school was in session and much excitement prevailed at the time among the pupils. The building was of brick, about twenty years old, and cost $25,000. There was an insurance of $1,500 on contents and $9,500 on building.