Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1907 — Big Blaze at Reynolds. [ARTICLE]

Big Blaze at Reynolds.

» Burglars blew open the safe at the Reynolds post office on Monday night, and the explosion set fire to a row of frame business buildings at Reynolds and they were burned to the ground. From advices over the telephone it was understood that nine business buildings and one residence were burned. Two saloons, a barber shop, the post office, a restaurant and Dell Phillips hardware store were in eluded in the destroyed property. The Jasper County Tele} hone company lost one phone, located in Phillips’ store, and also lost considerable wire.