Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1898 — Big Pire in Eacanaba. [ARTICLE]

Big Pire in Eacanaba.

Escanaba. Aug. I.—A .fire which started here at eight o’clock Sunday night was not subdued until midnight. Fourteen buildings, mostly stores, were destroyed. The loss will reach |>250,000. Tlje electric light and telephone plants were disabled and th® town is in darkness. Two firemen wer* Injured.