Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — GAS EXPLOSION AT ANDERSON. [ARTICLE]

GAS EXPLOSION AT ANDERSON.

The most destructive g-.ts explosion in the history of the Indiana gas belt occurred at Audenton, Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock. The Terhuae Block was sc titered all over the public aquuru. Fire broke out in the ruins and was not controlled until Ba. m. The building was tho property of Representative Terhune and cost tCO.OX). On the first floor were three store rooms. The upper floors were occupied by offices. The loss on building and contents will rea h 1200.000. Two-thirds insured. The can sb of tho accident is not certainly known, but it is supposed to have been the aosultof a gas leak. Fireman Gus tie had an arm crushed by a falling wall.