People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — Peoria, III., Elevator Burned. [ARTICLE]

Peoria, III., Elevator Burned.

The lowa elevator, a short distance below Peoria, 111., was destroyed by fire Monday night. With the elevator at least thirty freight cars, some of them leaded, were destroyed. The building was erected at a cost of sllO,000 and was insured for $75,000. The elevator contained about 100,000 bushels of grain, valued at $50,000, and which was fully insured.