Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1908 — MIDDLEVILLE, MICH., BURNS. [ARTICLE]

MIDDLEVILLE, MICH., BURNS.

Hslf of Business Section Wiped Out, Causing $79,000 Lose. Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 26.—Half the business section of Middlevllle, 20 miles southeast of here, was wiped out by lire Wednesday. The blaze started in the bakery of A. A. Brayman, and before the fire was checked 13 business places, four barns and two houses had been destroyed. Families living above several stores were driven out. A fire company from Grand Rapids was sent by special train to help the villagers fight the fire. The loss is estimated at $75,000.