Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1913 — DAYLIGHT FIRE IN – DR. TURFLER’S OFFICE [ARTICLE]

DAYLIGHT FIRE IN - DR. TURFLER’S OFFICE

Murray Building Endangered by Blase That Procured Good Start in Osteopath’s Office. \* \ ■ A fire was discovered at 3 o’clock this Wednesday afternoon in the dressing room at Dr. Turfler’s office in the Murray building. The Are had apparently started in one of the drawers of a dresser and the fire had eaten its way through the back of that article of furniture and was making some headway in the frame work of the building when discovered. Druggist A. Long, whose building adjoins the Murray building, recently invested in a couple of fire extinguishers and he used these effectively before the fire company arrivd and the blaze was extinguished without very serious damage. A nujnber of books and papers and the cap worn by Miss Luers, the office girl, were burned up. Miss Luers had gone to the street only a few moments before the fire v?as discovered and was talking-to her brother. Two patients were waiting the return of the doctor when the fire broke out. It is quite probable that the fire started from matches and a mouse. Had it hap pened at night the entire business section of the city would have been endangered. There was some water damage to the Murray stock in the front part of Murray’s store.