Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1912 — GOOD FARM RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

GOOD FARM RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Honse Occupied by Gaylord Parker Burned to Ground Wednesday Evening-Some Insurance. “ - A farm house now owned by George Kanne, 2 miles east of town, was destroyed by fire at about 6:15 o’clock Thursday evening. The property was occupied by Gaylord Parker and fam Uy. He had built up a hot fire in the heating stove, and the pipe, which passed through the floor to an upper soom, became too hot and the floor caught fire. Mrs. Parker saw it and Gaylord doused a couple of buckets of water on it and thought he had it out, but the fire had spread between the lower cealing and the upper floor to the sidewalls of the house and it was only a short time until the house was enveloped In flames. A call was made to Rensselaer for assistance and Fire Chief Montgomery and four of his aids hastened to the scene in an automobile, armed with several lit' tie chemical engines. In the meantime neighbors had been helping get tin things out of the house. The main part of the house was entirely consumed by the flames, but the members of the fire company succeeded in saving the summer kitchen, which was attached to the house. Most of the things from the lower part of the house were saved, but Gaylord will probably have a loss of about SIOO. Be carried insurance in the sum of S2OO in R. D. Thompson’s agency, The house was insured for SBSO in the same agency. This farm was purchased recently by George Kanne from David Bare, who bought it of W. R. Shesler. The house contained about 8 rooms and had recently been considerably remodeled and was a firstclass house., Mr. Parker is the son of Trustee Parker, of Hanging Grove tonwship. and his wife is the daughter of P. B Downs, of Newton township.