Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1901 — $500,000 Blaze in Brooklyn. [ARTICLE]

$500,000 Blaze in Brooklyn.

New York dispatch: The block of factories belonging to the National Enameline & Stamping Company were burned. The loss is estimated at $600,000. George Koch, night watchman, is missing and is believed to have been burned to death. The company’s plant was located in the block bounded by Bedford, Driggs and Metropolitan avenues and North First street, Brooklyn. There were twenty-two buildings, ranging from one to four stories in height, and all are total wrecks.