People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1897 — Electric Power-House Burns. [ARTICLE]
Electric Power-House Burns.
The big power house of the Union Traction Company at the junction oi Thirteenth and Mount Vernon streets and Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, way destroyed by fire. Two men lost their lives and several others were slightly injured. The damage from the fire will amount to about $350,000, fully covered by insurance.
