Kansas City, KS Nelson Morris & Co Packing Plant Fire, Jan 1908

PACKING PLANT DAMAGED

Kansas City, Mo., Jan 29.--Fire of unknown origin started in the canning department on the second floor of one of the twin main buildings of the packing plant of Nelson Morris & Co., in Kansas City, Kan., last night, threatening the destruction of the entire plant and caused a loss estimated at half a million dollars before it was controlled. The building in which the fire started contained the canning department, the coolers, the dressing rooms, the wholesale department, the killing beds and the contents supplied the fire with fuel which made the flames difficult to combat. The box factory in the rear of the main building was entirely destroyed. The flames spread also to the cattle chutes, many of which were burned.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN 29 Jan 1908

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Flames in a Packing Plant.

Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 30.--Fire of unknown origin in the canning department of the $27,000,000 packing plant of Nelson Morris & Co., in Kansas City, Kan., caused a loss of $500,000.

Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL 30 Jan 1908
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Transcribed by Jim Martin. Thanks J M!