Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1898 — HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.

Southern Pacific Railway*!* Pattern Storehotaae nt Sacramento llcst rayed—Low Reachea $1,000,000. Sacramento, Cal*- April 9.—The pattern storehouse of the Southern Pacific company, a large three-story building on I street, between Front and Second, was entirely gutted by fire Friday night and the loss is practically incalculable, being estimated anywhere from $200,000 to $1,(XX),000. There were at. least 40,000 patterns In the building, and al! were consumed. The fire is believed »< have started from the heating pipes which run through the building. It is estimated it will take 20 men 25 years to duplicate the patterns destroyed.