Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — FIERCE FIRE IN NASHVILLE. [ARTICLE]

FIERCE FIRE IN NASHVILLE.

Property Valued at $300,000 Is De* stroyed by Flames and Water. Sunday afternoon one ot the most important squares in Nashiille, Tenn., was almost totally destroyed by fire, only four buildings standing and their contents are damaged. The fire originated in the fivestory building of the Rosenheim Company. bisecting the square and having an L reaching to (jedar street, aml-from thin c.qnmunicated to all the buildings on the square. The loag.es to buildings a tiff sto< ks are estimated to be from s3oo.l>fhF to $566,000. The fire was difficult to control. she heat intense, and two fifeun-n were injured, but not seriously.