Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1898 — Bad Fire at Lincoln, Neb. [ARTICLE]

Bad Fire at Lincoln, Neb.

Lincoln, Neb., April 2. —Fire which started shortly after nine o’clock Friday night in the wholesale and retail carpet and furniture house of A. M. Davis & Co., had at midnight totally destroyed that building and contents. The Richards block, a four-story-und-basement brick building adjoining on the west, will also be a total loss. The loss already is placed at between $125,000 and $150,000, and there is danger of the fire spreading to the east, carrying with it the entire block.