Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1914 — Residence Burned. [ARTICLE]

Residence Burned.

Wheatfield Review. The cry of fire was given on Friday afternoon about 2 o’clock and the residence of Ambrose Hendrickson was almost destroyed. The fire had gained considerable headway before discovered and when the fire department arrived with the chemical engine the entire too! was a mass of flames and before the fire was subdued the building was a total loss, which is partially covered by insurance. The household effects were nearly all removed from the building, although somewhat damaged. This first test given the town’s new fire engine certainly demonstrated the fact that the engine could keep a continuous stream on the fire. The members of the fire department are to be commended for their work at their first fire. The department will ask the town to furnish more ladders and other equipment. Herman Hawkins, 64, ex-county official of day county and prominent in labor unions, took carbolic acid at Linton Monday and died. He lived at Bradl.