Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1898 — Best Part of a Town Burned. [ARTICLE]

Best Part of a Town Burned.

Rochester, N. Y., April 11. — Fire Sunday night destroyed the business portion of the village of Victor, 20 miles east of this city. Losa, $40,000. During the progress of the tire \V. A. Gillis, editor of the Victor Herald, dropped dead from excitement.