Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1914 — BIG FIRE LOSS IN JORDAN TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

BIG FIRE LOSS IN JORDAN TOWNSHIP

New Bam, Cribs, Cattle Sheds and Scale House Destroyed by Tire Last Sunday. The liarm belonging to Benton Lyons and sons, of Brook, in Jordan .township, was the scene of a disastrous fire Sunday morning at about 10 o’clock. The barn, cribs, scale ’house and cattle sheds were destroyed by fire. The buildings were all new, having been erected only a year or so ago. The loss is estimated at $3,000 to $3,500 and it is understood there was only $1,200 insurance on the buildings. The fam owners live at Brook. The tenant is Charley rfancock. It is not known how the fire started.