Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Half a Town Wiped Out, [ARTICLE]

Half a Town Wiped Out,

Augusta, a little town in Columbiana county, near Minerva, 0., has been almost wiped out by fire. The Eagle hotel, the Pottorf drug store and several dwellings and other buildings were entirely consumed, with most of their contents. The town is without fire protection and Minerva and Hanoverton were appealed to for aid. The loss amounts to several thousand dollars, with very little insurance.