Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — Saw Bonfire; Thought It Was a Neighbor’s House. [ARTICLE]

Saw Bonfire; Thought It Was a Neighbor’s House.

Mrs. Elizur Sage sent in a fire alarm Tuesday afternoon and then almost immediately discovered that she had made a mistake. Looking out of the window of her home, the former Brady property, she thought that Frank Ham’s house was on fire and telephoned the central office. Looking again she saw that the fire was a brush heap in the rear of the Ham residence and that it was bring properly watched. She at once telephoned the fact to the central office but the fire whistle had blown the alarm In the meantime. The department was informed, however, in time to pro , vent the run.