Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1906 — DULUTH ELEVATOR BURNED. [ARTICLE]

DULUTH ELEVATOR BURNED.

Fire on the Water Front Destroys Property Worth R 1,000,000. ’ The wooden working house of the Duluth Grain elevator plant of F. 11. Pearev & Co? of Minneapolis was burned th the ground with its contents, consisting of about 1,Olit),O0O bushels of grain, principally w heat. The loss.on. the grain and house is estimated nt $1,000,000 and is ' ‘ fully covered by insurance. The elevatorwas known as the “PV" and it is the receiving and shipping house for the great Peavey concern’s storage house, with a capacity of 4,000.000 bushels. The origin of the fire is unknown. Fortunately there was no wind blowing toward other im- ' pfovefl- dlnrleTS enr rTrc harbor frtnrrnr ..less, ..would have.been tremendous. The fire department had much difficultyin getting streams on the fire, as there were no hydrants within half a mile and it was necessary to cut holes in the ice six feet thick in the slips to get water.