Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1915 — School Hack Near Monon Caught Fire From Stove. [ARTICLE]

School Hack Near Monon Caught Fire From Stove.

Monon News. - The school wagon driven by Jake Moore for the Tile Mill school caught fire from an overheated Stove Tuesday forenoon and narrowly escaped destruction. After taking the children to school, iMr. Moore drove to town and hitched the team to the in the rear of the postoffice. John Martin and two or three others •saw smoke rolling out of the wagon and found that the front part was burning. Martin ran to Goble’s gar"s<re for water and soon had the flames extinguished, hut not until the front end of the wiagon was badly damaged. Mr. Moore arrived on the scene just as the flames were subdued and expressed his thanks to the men for their timely intervention. He had forgotterflo close the damper of the tstove, which soon became led hot. The wagon was recently fitted for school use and provided a very neat and comfortable omnibus.