The Janesville Gazette August 14, 1985; p. 6H Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Police/Fire - Janesville Sesquicentennial   Rash of fires in early 1870s The Big Mill, one of Janesville's earliest businesses, burned on June 29, 1871. The loss was estimated at $45,000. A year later, the ice skating rink at the corner of South Main and South Second streets, was lost to fire. The passenger depot of the C&N Railway burned the day after the skating rink blaze. That building was located at Five Points.

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