Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1917 — SCHOOLHOUSE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED [ARTICLE]

SCHOOLHOUSE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED

Fire Which Burned Schoolhouse to ( Ground Thought to Have Been Of Incendiary Nature The schoolhouse at Laura, Indiana was burned to the ground early this Saturday morning, the fire starting about one o’clock. Owing to the trouble that has been going on in this school lately, among some of the patrons, some of whom wanted the teacher, Miss Eva Noland removed, there-is a strong suspicion that the fire was of an incendiary nature, hence, the state fire marshall has beep called here for an investigation, and z was expected to arrive some time today.