Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1912 — FIRE AS NEWLAND SATURDAY NOON [ARTICLE]

FIRE AS NEWLAND SATURDAY NOON

Prompt Work On Part of Volunteers Saved Residence of Jim Rees From Destruction. (

The house occupied, by Jim Rees and family at NeWland at noor last Saturday and was saved from destruction by the prompt atfd well directed work of several men, part of whom were eating their dinners at the Rees home. The roof was discovered burning near the chimney. A bucket brigade was hastily Yormed and the fire was repulsed but not until damage to the property estimated at $l5O had resulted. The house belongs to David Blitstein, of Chicago, and the loss is covered by insurance in R. D. Thompson’s agency. There was some damage to the household goods which were not insured.