Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1891 — MASONIC REOCRDS BURNED. [ARTICLE]

MASONIC REOCRDS BURNED.

Disastrous Fire la the Baltimore Tempi* T Christmas day of the year 1890 would have been a comparatively uneventful day 'in Baltimore had it not been for the burning of the Masonic temple. Nearly all the records of the Grand Lodge since its or* 1 ganizatiou were destroyed. The fire brake . out in the flies of the theater on the seeond ; and third floors, which is occupied* by I Forepaugh's theatre. Scene after scene , flared tip until the curtain swelled 01st like a balloon, unable to hold the heat any ’ louger, and blew np. The fine building, j which had cost $450,000, was entirely gutted. The loss will be tery heavy.