Boise (ID) Statesman, April 7, 1895, p. 1. DISASTROUS FIRE The American Starch Works at Columbus, Indiana, Destroyed Columbus, April 6-The American Starch Works, with buildings covering ten acres, burned today. In the dry room on the fourth floor, the flames were first discovered. The water mains in the building were disabled because they could not be reached, the pipes being burned off, weakening the pressure from without. In 50 minutes the building was a wreck and $200,000 had gone up in smoke. The amount of insurance, as far as can be ascertained, is $85,000.