Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — SUILDING STORE CONTENTS. [ARTICLE]

SUILDING STORE CONTENTS.

Property of G. t. Thornton and Son. Mel. a Total Ruin Gasoline State Was the Cause. The Surrey store burned to the ground tins morning. - The entire stock of groceries and general merchandise, belonging to G. L. Thornton, and the household furniture of Mel J. Thornton were consumed and the building burned to the ground. '* ' ' ■■ -y--The building was a two story fram ? structure. The store and postoffice were below and M. J. Thornton lived I upstairs, A feature of the business was cream buying and Mel had gone down stairs early and lighted a small gasoline stove. »He again went up stairs and soon after; discovered that the rear of the store wap on fire. All he had time to do was to get his family out of the burning building. The loss on the building and stock of goods is estimated between $3,500 and $4,000. Mel Thornton had no insurance on his household goods. His father had $2,000 insurance on the building and stock in R. D. Thompson’s agency.'