The plant was not yet in operation last night, and the fire had a good start before discovered by the watchman, and the department brought to the scene. The insurance is $63,000, and the loss will probably run close to $75,000.The fire started in a small wood room, where a stove was used, between the paper and pulp mills.
Three hundred tons of paper were burned. The warehouse and boiler house were saved. The paper mill will be rebuilt at once and the entire plant rehabilitated as speedily as possible. All contracts will be cared for by the General Paper Company until the plant is able to resume business.
The mills shut down Saturday night and the first intimation of the fire was the blowing of whistles. Benjamin F. Nelson and Gilbert M. Walker are on the ground to take immediate steps for the restoration of the plant.
The Minneapolis Journal; “Morning Fire at Little Falls; Property of the Hennepin Paper Company in Ruins—The Pulp Mill Saved”; Jan. 07, 1901; pg. 1.
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain January 20, 2015,
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