Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1891 — TWO BIG FIRES. [ARTICLE]

TWO BIG FIRES.

The Plant flouring mill at St. Louis was destroyed by fire on the 27th. The mill was one of the largest in the country —75 feet front and 100 feet deep. The capacity.of the mill was 1,800 barrels pei day About the same time the immense warehouse of the Mansur-Tibbitts Agricultural Implement Co., situated in a different part of the city, was burned also This building was recently erected sis stories high, and was supposed to be fireproof. It burned like Under, however. Il was filled with all kinds of farm implements. The loss on the two buildings anc adjoining property exceeds $750,000.