Fire In The Agricultural Works

The biggest fire that Ann Arbor ba had for some months occurred yestei day morning between two and three oxlock. The iire was flrst diseovered by the llames bursting forth from the cupola of the foundry of the Am Arbor Agricultura! Works by an en gineer on the Michigan Central. The alarm was sent in to the fire department, whieh promptly responded. The iire had gained considerable headway before it was diseovered and the moulding rooms of the foundry are in ruins. The department quickly extinguished the fire when they arrived on the grounds and saved the works. The loss is $1,500, on which there was $890 insurance, of which $600 was on the building and $290 on the contents. The principal loss was on the contents, many of the coves being destroyed. The insurance was divided as follows: Rochester Germán, $184; Phcenix, Hartford, $246; Phenix. Brooklyn, $230; Franklin, Philadelphia, $230. The company since its organization has paid $18.000 premium for insurance, and this is its first loss by fire.