1968 Rider Company Fire
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The Rider Company suffered multiple fires since it opened in 1930. These photos from The Daily Journal shows the damage caused by the 1968 fire. Crowds of people from the Trafalgar area gathered to watch over 80 firemen put out the blaze.
This file appears in: Rider Canning Company
Rider Canning Company
In 1930, Kenneth Rider and William Switzer, the owners of the Hoosier Canning Company, opened a factory on the east side of Trafalgar, near the Big Four railroad tracks. A fire on December 22, 1930 caused substantial damage, but the factory was…