Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1902 — FIRE AT WATERBURY, CONN. [ARTICLE]

FIRE AT WATERBURY, CONN.

Elaines In the Business Portion Cause T.oss nt 52.000.000. Fire, raging in the heart of the business district of Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 3, destroyed row upon row and block upon block of the finest buildings. The loss, by conservative estimates, aggregates $2,000,000. Two deaths have been reported and it is*feared that the list of fatalities will grow when details are learned. The mayor opened the city hall as a resting place for the homeless and a hospital for those jvho might be injured or suffering from shock.