Kansas City, Kansas
Nelson Morris & Co Packing Plant Fire
January 28, 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
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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