Burgess Steel and Iron Destroyed

Article taken from The Daily Herald, June 8, 1898

Portsmouth, O., June 8.-The entire rolling mill and steel plant of the Burgess Steel and Iron company was totally destroyed by fire. The loss will aggregate $350,000 and the insurance is about $200,000. Eight hundred employees are thrown out of work. The plant is a complete wreck, only the stacks being left standing. Several small buildings in the vicinity were also destroyed.