Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — San Juan’s Pier Is Burned. [ARTICLE]

San Juan’s Pier Is Burned.

The new $150,000 pier at San Juan, Porto Rico, caught fire Tuesday afternoon and was totally destroyed in half an hour. A large stock of sugar and rum was lost in the fire. The value gnd quantity of the goods destroyed is not known. The fire continues to rage and threatens to spread to the stores of the custom house. Lives may have been lost, but this is not yet ascertained.