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Moberly, MO Wabash Foundry Fire, Oct 1908

Posted September 14th, 2008 by J M

WABASH FOUNDRY AT MOBERLY BURNS

Moberly, Mo., Oct. 21. -- At 9:30 tonight the Wabash foundry situated about a quarter of a mile from the general shops of the Wabash railroad caught fire and is a total loss. The building was a large frame structure. The loss will be about $20,000. Most of the patterns were kept in a separate building but many were destroyed in the fire with valuable castings and general machinery of the plant.

The Chillicothe Constitution, Chillicothe, MO 22 Oct 1908

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Transcribed by Jim Martin. Thanks J M!

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