Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1910 — Afternoon Blase Did Small Damage to H. P. Blanchard’s Barn. [ARTICLE]

Afternoon Blase Did Small Damage to H. P. Blanchard’s Barn.

The fire department was called out at about 3 o’clock this Wednesday afternoon by a small blaze in the barn at the Hiram Day tenement property occupied by H. P. Blanchard, on Milton street. The started on the main floor of the barn and worked its way to the now and flames were issuing from the gabfe end when the department arrived. A little water conquered it and the damage was Blight. None of Mr. Blanchard’B family was home and no one seems to know how the fire started.