Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1888 — Dinston's saw Works Burned. [ARTICLE]

Dinston's saw Works Burned.

The large brick building which contained the steel works and rolling mill of Disston’s exteMlwnw workj at Taconia, Pa., wss totally destroyed by fire Sunday, causing a loss of $300,000, on which there is $190,000 in the Manufacturers* Mutual. Sixteen hundred employes will be affected by the fire. The mill was the most complete affair in tne couimy, ana it win requir© ©©verm months to replace the machinery. 'lnvestigations by the government at Ottawa "sbov tEaf ihere sxe CanadiMi combinations in binding twine, biscuits and tinware.