Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1914 — St. Joe Fire Department Gave Splendid Aid Saturday. [ARTICLE]

St. Joe Fire Department Gave Splendid Aid Saturday.

The St* Joseph’s college fire department rendered valuable aid at the elevator fire Saturday night. They made a run from the college to the elevator with their hose cart and 1,000 feet of hose and worked like beavers to assist the Rensselaer company and to protect the property surrounding the elevator. The citizens of Rensselaer certainly appreciate the work and the kind spirit which prompted it. There were two other calls for the fire department Saturday night, one coming at 12 o’clock, when the residence property of George Collins, near five-points, was discovered on fire. The other was at 2 o’clock, when a shed in the rear Of Mias Saylor’s property, occupied by E. W. Hickman, was discovered ablaze. It was the busiest night the fire company has ever had, but it was nothing compared to what might have happened had there been a high wind.