Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1916 — STOPPED FUNERAL TO QUENCH FIRE [ARTICLE]

STOPPED FUNERAL TO QUENCH FIRE

Brushwood Church Caught On Fire While Funeral Was Being Held For Charles Campbell. Tj * * As the funeral of Charles Campbell was bejhg held this Tuesday morning at the Brushwood United Brethren church at Aix, fire was discovered in the church roof. The flue at the church rests on a rafter and the pipe enters the flue at the rafter and touched it and set- it on fire. The service was just started when the fire was discovered and the service was at once suspended and a volunteer company was organized and getting water from the church and school house pumps, the fire was extinguished without serious loss, and then the funeral service was resumed. •