Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — SIMON CHUPP RESIDENCE NEAR SURREY BURNED. [ARTICLE]

SIMON CHUPP RESIDENCE NEAR SURREY BURNED.

Family Routed at 10 O’clock at Night —House Burned to Ground and Owner Had No Insurance. Simon Chupp’s residence, valued at about SI,OOO and located near the station of Surrey, northwest of Rensselaer, burned to the ground at about 10 o’clock Friday night; Mr. Chupp and family had retired for the night and all were asleep when Mr. Chupp’s son, who was sleeping up stairs, was awakened by embers from the burning roof falling on his bed. He rushed down stairs and awakened his parents and the alarm was given to neighbors who came to the Chupp home and worked valiently, but the main building could not be saved. Most of the household furnishings from the lower room were saved, however. The fire fighters also were able to save the well house, which was only 4 feet from the residence and other outbuildings also were saved. Mr. Chupp carried no insurance, but it is said that members of the Omish church, to which he belonged, will give him aid in the erection of a new home.