Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1890 — PACKING HOUSE BURNED. [ARTICLE]

PACKING HOUSE BURNED.

Fowler Bros, packing house at the Chicago Stock Yards was damaged by fire, Sunday morning, to the amount of $690,000. It required hard work to suppress the flames. The grease and meat fed the flames to such an extent that the pouring of water had but little effect, and the fumes of the chemicals made it almost impossible for the firemen to reach the burning buildings.