People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — Tennessee Town Scorned. [ARTICLE]

Tennessee Town Scorned.

Knoxville, Tenn.,_Aug. s.—The entire business portion. of- Concord, eighteen | miles from bere, consisting of nine ! stores, was destroyed by fire early this ! morning. The fire originated in the j telephone office in the center of the ! block and spread to adjoining buildj ings. One of these contained powder ! and dynamite, which exploded, accele- ' rating the spread of the flames. Loss, about partially- insureds—No lives were lost. The origin of the fire is said to be incendiary. ! Annie Boch, a dissolute woman, was found dead in bed in New ork, with her throat cut from ear to ear. The' police believe it a murder.