Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — Jennie Caldwell Home Is Destroyed By Fire. [ARTICLE]

Jennie Caldwell Home Is Destroyed By Fire.

• Earl Park, Ind., May B.—The home for dependent mothers and babes, given by the late Jennie E. Caldwell, was destroyed by fire Saturday night with a loss of $25,000. The four patients who were in the building at the time escaped. The blaze was caused by a defective flue and the fire originatd in the second story. The fire mad rapid headway and it was but a short time until the building was burned to the ground. When Mrs. Caldwell died some time ago her will provided that her residence be made a home for homeless mothers and babes. She also left an estate of over 6,000 acres of land, the income from which was to be used for the upkeep of the home.