Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1912 — BARN ON HARRIS FARM WAS BURNED [ARTICLE]

BARN ON HARRIS FARM WAS BURNED

Owner of Farm and Tenant Both Lose By Fire That Has Unknown Origin —Some Insurance. Fire totally destroyed the barn on E. T. Harris’ farm, just west of the Noah Zeigler farm, 4 miles north of Rensselaer, this Saturday morning. The building and contents were a total loss. James Downs is the tenant and he was working in the field when the barn was discovered on fire. Nothing could be done to save it and the barn and contents, consisting of grain, hay and farm machinery, was a total loss. The contents belonged to the tenant. The barn was worth about S6OO and was insured for half that sum. The contents also were worth about S6OO and were insured for only S3OO. Both policies were in the Continental Co., the G. H. McLain agency.